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

Sinarmas Land: Bumping Fades Despite IFA Opining Not Fair

The Widjaja Family's Tilt For Sinarmas Land: This Needs A Bump

This Needs To Be Sorted: Great Eastern (GE SP)'s Protracted Suspension

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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I was wrong. In <a href="https://skr.ma/kJ6vr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sinarmas Land: Bumping Fades Despite IFA Opining Not Fair</a><a href="https://skr.ma/kJ6vr," target="_blank" rel="noopener">,</a> I said the Offer needed a bump, but that outcome was looking less likely.</li>
<li>The Widjaja family has now<a href="https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/Revision%20of%20Offer%20Price%20and%20Extension%20of%20Closing%20Date%20Announcement.ashx?App=Announcement&amp;FileID=845075" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> bumped terms to S$0.375/shar</a>e, up from S$0.31/share, or a 21% increase. Terms have not been declared final.</li>
<li>The IFA's estimated fair value range for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sinarmas-land-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1144:1" rel="noopener">Sinarmas Land (SML SP)</a> was S$0.350 to S$0.361/share. Expect a follow-up opinion revising their conclusion to "Fair and Reasonable" from "Not Fair but Reasonable".</li>
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I was wrong. In Sinarmas Land: Bumping Fades Despite IFA Opining Not Fair, I said the Offer needed a bump, but that outcome was looking less likely.
The Widjaja family has now bumped terms to S$0.375/share, up from S$0.31/share, or a 21% increase. Terms have not been declared final.
The IFA's estimated fair value range for Sinarmas Land (SML SP) was S$0.350 to S$0.361/share. Expect a follow-up opinion revising their conclusion to "Fair and Reasonable" from "Not Fair but Reasonable".


Sinarmas Land (SML SP): The Family Bumps Terms After All