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

Nippon Express (9147 JP) - Buying the Overhang

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Capital Markets

Nippon Express Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Today post-close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-express-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18582:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Express Holdings (9147 JP)</a> announced a secondary offering. Total size is ~¥30bn before considering where it will price; 11-12 days of ADV, 4.6% of shares out.</li>
<li>Various banks, Toyota-related auto cos, and Sompo Japan will sell. This is a start to the unwind, but it is a very small portion of the total cross-holding position. </li>
<li>NX also announced an on-market  buyback of up to ¥10bn to run from 11April -31July 2024. This, and index demand, mitigate some heaviness. But The 2024 Problem looms large.</li>
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Today post-close, Nippon Express Holdings (9147 JP) announced a secondary offering. Total size is ~¥30bn before considering where it will price; 11-12 days of ADV, 4.6% of shares out.
Various banks, Toyota-related auto cos, and Sompo Japan will sell. This is a start to the unwind, but it is a very small portion of the total cross-holding position. 
NX also announced an on-market  buyback of up to ¥10bn to run from 11April -31July 2024. This, and index demand, mitigate some heaviness. But The 2024 Problem looms large.


Nippon Express (9147) Secondary Offering - Banks, Sompo, Others Sell - "2024 Problem" Looms