Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 25 years of experience in analyzing hundreds of companies, especially in Asia. Deep expertise in the following sectors:
- Technology (E-commerce, SaaS, Internet)
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Align Partners Goes Activist on Seven Banking Group Companies in Korea

Align Partners' Corporate Activism on Korean Banks: A Media Presentation and Q&A Session

Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance: Treasury Shares Cancellation of 5.9% of Outstanding Shares

KOSPI 200 Rebalance in 1H 2023 - Five Potential Additions Post Deletions of Meritz Affiliates

Meritz Financial Group: Comprehensive Stock Swap + Delisting of Meritz Sec. And Meritz F&M Insurance

The Blockchain Delusion. A (Mostly) Bearish Investment Thesis.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>There are four major reasons why we like JB Financial Group.</li>
<li>They include highest ROE among peers, highest dividend yield among peers, potential inclusion in KOSPI200 in 2023, and continued pressure by Align Partners to improve corporate governance.</li>
<li>One of the key risk factors of the company is that it is not a nationwide banking group but most of its operations are in the southwestern portion of Korea.</li>
</ul>


There are four major reasons why we like JB Financial Group.
They include highest ROE among peers, highest dividend yield among peers, potential inclusion in KOSPI200 in 2023, and continued pressure by Align Partners to improve corporate governance.
One of the key risk factors of the company is that it is not a nationwide banking group but most of its operations are in the southwestern portion of Korea.


Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance (000060 KS)

JB Financial Group: Four Key Investment Merits

Jb Financial Group

JB Financial Group: Four Key Investment Merits