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 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 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

SM Entertainment: EXO's Contract Controversy and Repeated Working Condition Issues

K-Pop Battle: HYBE's Tender Offer For S.M. Entertainment:

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Fresh after the courts rejected new share issuance, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15002:1" rel="noopener">Kakao (035720 KS)</a> has launched an Offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-m-entertainment-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3500:1" rel="noopener">S.M.Entertainment (041510 KS)</a>, less than a week after <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hybe-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28959:1" rel="noopener">HYBE (352820 KS)</a>'s deal closed.</li>
<li>Kakao, holding 4.9%, is seeking to lift its stake to ~40% via a tender offer at ₩150,000/share, a 25% premium to HYBE's offer price. </li>
<li>The key question is - will HYBE counter? I would not be so sure. </li>
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Fresh after the courts rejected new share issuance, Kakao (035720 KS) has launched an Offer for S.M.Entertainment (041510 KS), less than a week after HYBE (352820 KS)'s deal closed.
Kakao, holding 4.9%, is seeking to lift its stake to ~40% via a tender offer at ₩150,000/share, a 25% premium to HYBE's offer price. 
The key question is - will HYBE counter? I would not be so sure. 


K-Pop Battle, Round 2: Kakao’s Tender Offer For S.M. Entertainment

S.M.Entertainment Co

K-Pop Battle, Round 2: Kakao’s Tender Offer For S.M. Entertainment