Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. ("BIA" or "BIAL")

BACKGROUND
I have 20+yrs experience in Asia doing alternative strategies (i.e. non-delta1 non long-only) in fixed income, equity derivatives, and activist/catalyst/event-driven and long-short equity strategies with most of that time spent managing money. 

4 years in fixed income macro, 8 years running internal hedge fund and 4yrs investment banking at Citi in Japan, 3 years running an Asia multi-strat portfolio at a hedge fund, 4+yrs as an independent special situations analyst.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Good Morning Japan |EQUITY SELL OFF Ahead of NFP-Banks Bear Brunt; NUGGET: Nissan - Its Worse !

Dai Nippon Printing – Gauging The Upside

Good Morning Japan |Contagion Fears Dominate; NUGGET: Effective Activism - TARGET, TIMING, TACTICS

Dai Nippon Printing – Activism On Easy Street

Dai Nippon Printing (7912) - Activism Results Going Forward Are Complicated

Kansai Paint (4613 JP) Secondary Offering & Buyback and All the Subsequent Flows

A Bull Investment Case for TSMC (Summary Version)

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Elliott Management was noted several weeks ago to have bought near 5% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dai-nippon-printing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19388:1" rel="noopener">Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP)</a>. The stock popped when people found out.  </li>
<li>Then the stock popped when the company said they'd announce the outline for their new Mid-Term Management Plan on 9 March, and that would include more capital allocation measures.</li>
<li>Today we got the Outline. There are more capital allocation measures. The numbers look big. Nuance is required to understand the impacts over time.</li>
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Elliott Management was noted several weeks ago to have bought near 5% of Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP). The stock popped when people found out.  
Then the stock popped when the company said they'd announce the outline for their new Mid-Term Management Plan on 9 March, and that would include more capital allocation measures.
Today we got the Outline. There are more capital allocation measures. The numbers look big. Nuance is required to understand the impacts over time.


Dai Nippon Printing (7912) - Whoop There It Is! ¥100bn Buyback in a Year, ¥300bn in 3yrs