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

OneConnect (6638 HK/OCFT US): Ping An's Offer Gets The Nod From SAMR

OneConnect (6638 HK/OCFT US): 28th October Vote On Ping An's Offer

OneConnect Financial (6638 HK/OCFT US): Ping An's Fair NBIO

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Oneconnect Financial Technology / Event-Driven

Oneconnect Financial Technology (6638 HK)

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<li>Back on 3rd March, dual-listed <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oneconnect-financial-technology-co-ltd-2e580cf8-6a65-4148-ac1e-f9a8a167856a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36656:1" rel="noopener">OneConnect Financial (6638 HK/OFT US)</a></strong>, a digital retail banking/commercial banking/digital insurance play, announced a non-binding proposal from Ping An, OneConnect's controlling shareholder with 32.12%.</li>
<li>By way of a Scheme, Ping An offered HK$2.068/share, or US$7.98/ADS, a 72.33% premium to last close, and a 131.66% premium to the 30-day average. <strong>The price was final. </strong>
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<a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0515/2025051501347.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAMR has now signed off on the deal and terms are now firmed</a>. M&amp;G is supportive (1.98% of shares out,  ~8% of disinterested shares). Perhaps mid-September completion. </li>
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Back on 3rd March, dual-listed OneConnect Financial (6638 HK/OFT US), a digital retail banking/commercial banking/digital insurance play, announced a non-binding proposal from Ping An, OneConnect's controlling shareholder with 32.12%.
By way of a Scheme, Ping An offered HK$2.068/share, or US$7.98/ADS, a 72.33% premium to last close, and a 131.66% premium to the 30-day average. The price was final. 


SAMR has now signed off on the deal and terms are now firmed. M&amp;G is supportive (1.98% of shares out,  ~8% of disinterested shares). Perhaps mid-September completion. 


OneConnect Financial Technology (OCFT US)

OneConnect Financial (6638 HK/OCFT US): Ping An Firms Offer @ HK$2.068/Share