Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Block Deal Sale of Woori Financial Group by KDIC

Evidenced Based Analysis of BOK Base Interest Rate Changes & Korean Banks' Share Price Performances

Shinhan Financial Group: Chairman Buys Shares, Capital Flows Analysis, & Higher Dividends Likely

KakaoBank - End of the 1 Month Lock Up Period & More Block Selling Ahead Likely by Major Investors

Woori Financials Placement - Tong Yang Cleans up but KDIC Could Sell More

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

Event-Driven

<p><strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/woori-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27995:1" rel="noopener">Woori Financial Group (316140 KS)</a> announced that it plans a full privatization of the company by the end of 2021.</strong> Currently, Woori Financial's largest shareholder is Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) which has a 15.1% in the company. Korean government backed KDIC plans to sell at least 10% stake in <a href="https://m.stock.naver.com/index.html#/news/ranknews/view/018/0005034309" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Woori Financial</a> by the end of 2021.</p><div class="content-highlight">
<p>One of the positives of Woori Financial after the privatization is completed is that the new controlling shareholder may try to improve various corporate governance policies in order to boost the total shareholder returns including paying higher dividends and completing higher share buyback with cancellations. </p>
<p>With the announcement of the privatization of Woori Financial Holdings by the end of 2021, an attractive long-short trading idea in the Korean financial sector would be to go long <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/woori-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27995:1" rel="noopener">Woori Financial Group (316140 KS)</a> and go short <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakaobank-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33501:1" rel="noopener">KakaoBank (323410 KS)</a>.</p>
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Woori Financial Group (316140 KS) announced that it plans a full privatization of the company by the end of 2021. Currently, Woori Financial's largest shareholder is Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) which has a 15.1% in the company. Korean government backed KDIC plans to sell at least 10% stake in Woori Financial by the end of 2021.
One of the positives of Woori Financial after the privatization is completed is that the new controlling shareholder may try to improve various corporate governance policies in order to boost the total shareholder returns including paying higher dividends and completing higher share buyback with cancellations. 
With the announcement of the privatization of Woori Financial Holdings by the end of 2021, an attractive long-short trading idea in the Korean financial sector would be to go long Woori Financial Group (316140 KS) and go short KakaoBank (323410 KS).


Privatization of Woori Financial by the End of 2021