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 M&A] Toyota Inds (6201) Proposed Takeover - It Looks Bad, and It's Worse Than It Looks

[Japan M&A/Activism] Toyota Industries (6201) Deal Could Be Announced Near-Term

Toyota Industries (6201) - Thinking About How To Value a ¥6trln Bid

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>On the 10th of June, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota Motor (7203 JP)</a> subsidiary <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hino-motors-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2144:1" rel="noopener">Hino Motors Ltd (7205 JP)</a> and Mitsubishi-Fuso Truck &amp; Bus Company announced their long-awaited integration plans. We have a deal.</li>
<li>An agreement was signed in 2023, but Hino got in big trouble for falsifying testing data on gasoline engine emissions/efficiency. Hino took a hit in 2023, then 2025. Talks advanced. </li>
<li>The deal announced suggests Toyota has thrown itself and Hino minorities under the proverbial Fuso bus. It's VERY odd. <em>But... it deserves a look because 2026 will see a re-IPO.</em>
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On the 10th of June, Toyota Motor (7203 JP) subsidiary Hino Motors Ltd (7205 JP) and Mitsubishi-Fuso Truck &amp; Bus Company announced their long-awaited integration plans. We have a deal.
An agreement was signed in 2023, but Hino got in big trouble for falsifying testing data on gasoline engine emissions/efficiency. Hino took a hit in 2023, then 2025. Talks advanced. 
The deal announced suggests Toyota has thrown itself and Hino minorities under the proverbial Fuso bus. It's VERY odd. But... it deserves a look because 2026 will see a re-IPO.



[Japan M&A] Hino & Mitsubishi-Fuso Truck to Join; Bagholding Ugly for Minorities, and a Re-IPO