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 Value:  Kyokuto Kaihatsu (7226) To Log BIG Special Profit - Governance Activism Target

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kyokuto-kaihatsu-kogyo-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14390:1" rel="noopener">Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co (7226 JP)</a> has always been cash-rich. Recently there are better noises. Sold real estate. New Mid-Term Plan. Raised the payout ratio to 50%. Slowly selling crossholdings.</li>
<li>But it isn't fast enough, and activist Strategic Capital this spring announced a flurry of AGM agenda items to extract value for shareholders. </li>
<li>The company today announced a buyback - additive, but there is a lot to look at here. Shareholder structure is key. And forward cash-flows tell you more buybacks could come.</li>
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Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co (7226 JP) has always been cash-rich. Recently there are better noises. Sold real estate. New Mid-Term Plan. Raised the payout ratio to 50%. Slowly selling crossholdings.
But it isn't fast enough, and activist Strategic Capital this spring announced a flurry of AGM agenda items to extract value for shareholders. 
The company today announced a buyback - additive, but there is a lot to look at here. Shareholder structure is key. And forward cash-flows tell you more buybacks could come.


Kyokuto Kaihatsu (7226 JP) Buyback - It's Kinda Big, But There May Be More Behind