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

[Quiddity Index] GMO (9449) Sub GMO Financial Gate (4051) Moves to TOPIX

GMO Internet (4784) Offering - This Is a GINORMOUS Re-IPO - AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

GMO Internet (4784) DropDown Holdco Gone Ballistic - Squeezed on Truly Tiny Float

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Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gmo-internet-inc-919fd60b-ad2a-4c5f-b333-167a849b67b0" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9029:1" rel="noopener">GMO Internet (4784 JP)</a> was created by the reverse takeover of a listed cad/media company by its parent company's "internet infrastructure" business. GMO Internet Group ended up with ~98%.</li>
<li>In the process, the stock rose 500%. Now, as part of its promise to the TSE allowing TSE Prime membership for the extraordinarily low-float target, the parent is offering shares.</li>
<li>The squeeze has it at 180x Dec25e EPS, 111x EBIT, 70x book. The offering likely gets pulled and the stock isn't shortable... so what next? Pain, and an ECLWO.</li>
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GMO Internet (4784 JP) was created by the reverse takeover of a listed cad/media company by its parent company's "internet infrastructure" business. GMO Internet Group ended up with ~98%.
In the process, the stock rose 500%. Now, as part of its promise to the TSE allowing TSE Prime membership for the extraordinarily low-float target, the parent is offering shares.
The squeeze has it at 180x Dec25e EPS, 111x EBIT, 70x book. The offering likely gets pulled and the stock isn't shortable... so what next? Pain, and an ECLWO.


GMO Internet (4784) - Squeeze-Able So Squeezing, Offering Likely Gets Pulled - AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE