Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 26 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 20 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Back in mid-2025, the Abercrombie Group (TAG), the family office of Andrew Abercrombie, tabled a <a href="https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20250625/pdf/06l2zmbfzc4v92.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A$0.58/share NBIO</a>, by way of a Scheme for <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/humm-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35366:1" rel="noopener">humm (HUM AU)</a></strong>. Abercrombie then held 26.6%.</li>
<li>Matters then muddied, considerably, for the non-bank lender. First from disgruntled activist/shareholders seeking a board spill; then the Takeovers Panel waded in over shareholders being misled on a competing Offer. </li>
<li>That rival Offer, A$0.77/share Scheme or A$0.72 off-market, both NBIOs, was from <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/credit-corp-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12691:1" rel="noopener">Credit Corp (CCP AU)</a></strong>. Due diligence is nearing completion. Does CCP firm terms or walk?</li>
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Back in mid-2025, the Abercrombie Group (TAG), the family office of Andrew Abercrombie, tabled a A$0.58/share NBIO, by way of a Scheme for humm (HUM AU). Abercrombie then held 26.6%.
Matters then muddied, considerably, for the non-bank lender. First from disgruntled activist/shareholders seeking a board spill; then the Takeovers Panel waded in over shareholders being misled on a competing Offer. 
That rival Offer, A$0.77/share Scheme or A$0.72 off-market, both NBIOs, was from Credit Corp (CCP AU). Due diligence is nearing completion. Does CCP firm terms or walk?


Humm (HUM AU): Credit Corp Nears DD Completion

Humm Group

Humm (HUM AU): Credit Corp Nears DD Completion