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

Nikkei 225 Deletions/Additions in March(?) 2022 Due to TSE Market Structure Changes

TSE Announces Market Structure Revisions: Still Much Ado About Nothing

Shinsei TOB & Poison Pill - Murakami-San's Presence Makes Things Complicated, But in a FUN 🦄 Way

SBI To Apply for Bank Holding Company License Within Year And Squeeze Out Shinsei Minorities

SBI Tender on Shinsei Successful. Goes to 47.77%. The BIG Question Is... Who Owns The Float?

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sbi-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10928:1" rel="noopener">SBI Holdings</a> Tender Offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shinsei-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16897:1" rel="noopener">Shinsei Bank</a> ended with SBI getting 47.77%, and tender offer pro-ration at 100%. Either someone big, or a lot of people stayed away.</li>
<li>Friday saw Murakami-san's City Index Elevens entity file an amended Large Shareholder Filing saying they owned zero shares. So it turns out he tendered everything, and float is elsewhere.</li>
<li>The reaction post-tender Monday indicated someone was wrong. The reaction Tuesday/Wednesday indicated others did. Thursday/Friday index selldowns were flat to Tender Price. Now we have a new, somewhat unexpected conundrum.</li>
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The SBI Holdings Tender Offer for Shinsei Bank ended with SBI getting 47.77%, and tender offer pro-ration at 100%. Either someone big, or a lot of people stayed away.
Friday saw Murakami-san's City Index Elevens entity file an amended Large Shareholder Filing saying they owned zero shares. So it turns out he tendered everything, and float is elsewhere.
The reaction post-tender Monday indicated someone was wrong. The reaction Tuesday/Wednesday indicated others did. Thursday/Friday index selldowns were flat to Tender Price. Now we have a new, somewhat unexpected conundrum.


Shinsei Bank (8303) - Now We Know Where the Float Is And It Is NOT In Murakami-San's Hands

SBI Shinsei Bank

Shinsei Bank (8303) - Now We Know Where the Float Is And It Is NOT In Murakami-San's Hands