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 - Sharply Higher Long-Dated JGBs Should Mean Sizable Valuation Losses at Insurers, Not Banks

[Japan Event] Seven Bank (8410) To Buy Back Up to 17.0% of Shares Out Tomorrow

SBI Sumishin NetBank (7163) - Oops! NTT Docomo May Not Be There As a Buyer

NTT (9432 JP) And SBI Sumishin NetBank (7163 JP)? Maybe. Maybe Not. Seven Bank A Better Idea

7&I (3382) Selldown of Seven Bank (8410) Is Good, Not Bad

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seven-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16063:1" rel="noopener">Seven Bank Ltd (8410 JP)</a> has been the ugly duckling of Japan e-banks since it got competition in the form of Rakuten Bank (5838) and SBI Sumishin (7163).</li>
<li>Last year, it was posited, and then confirmed, that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seven-i-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1041:1" rel="noopener">Seven &amp; I Holdings (3382 JP)</a> wanted to sell down to de-consolidate. NTT Docomo wanted to buy a bank. </li>
<li>I thought it a good match but no deal has been done. So now we get a different deal - it's weird for Itochu, but bodes well for Seven Bank</li>
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Seven Bank Ltd (8410 JP) has been the ugly duckling of Japan e-banks since it got competition in the form of Rakuten Bank (5838) and SBI Sumishin (7163).
Last year, it was posited, and then confirmed, that Seven &amp; I Holdings (3382 JP) wanted to sell down to de-consolidate. NTT Docomo wanted to buy a bank. 
I thought it a good match but no deal has been done. So now we get a different deal - it's weird for Itochu, but bodes well for Seven Bank


NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) (9432 JP)

[Japan M&A] Seven Bank (8410) - Seven & I Selldown, Itochu Buy-In, Not on My Bingo Card But Not Bad