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

JAPAN ACTIVISM:  Silchester's Bank of Kyoto AGM Results - Activism Still Failing

JAPAN ACTIVISM:  Silchester Goes After Bank of Kyoto

JAPAN ACTIVISM: Silchester Goes After Bk of Iwate - Cheaper Than Chips

Bank of Kyoto (8369) Surprises With a Cross-Holding Sale Plan (Albeit Small)

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Silchester aimed at four mid-sized regional banks and one tiny one. All four efforts failed, but two of the four banks are probably worth looking at. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-iwate-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6171:1" rel="noopener">Bank Of Iwate (8345 JP)</a> is the small one (tiny) worth looking at. It is 0.17x book, &lt;7x earnings, 1.2x market cap in equity holdings, and better-than-average NIM.</li>
<li>Over time, value will out. And while not multi-bagger compelling, the mechanical value arithmetic is interesting.</li>
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Silchester aimed at four mid-sized regional banks and one tiny one. All four efforts failed, but two of the four banks are probably worth looking at. 

Bank Of Iwate (8345 JP) is the small one (tiny) worth looking at. It is 0.17x book, &lt;7x earnings, 1.2x market cap in equity holdings, and better-than-average NIM.
Over time, value will out. And while not multi-bagger compelling, the mechanical value arithmetic is interesting.


JAPAN ACTIVISM:  Silchester AGM Effort Fails But Bank of Iwate (8345) Is Cheap As Chips