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

Swire Pacific (19 HK/87 HK) Buyback: Bigger Than It Appears

StubWorld: Cathay Pacific - Still Grounded

StubWorld: Swire Acquires Coke's Ops in Vietnam & Cambodia

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swire-pacific-ltd-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10433:1" rel="noopener">Swire Pacific (19 HK)</a></strong> has <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2022/0811/2022081100273.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a "small" buyback at HK$4bn, but it is a material portion of ADV.  </li>
<li>What remains unknown is how the buyback will be split.  The split will only be known once buyback volumes are announced. </li>
<li>Swire is trading cheap at a look-through forward P/B of 0.28x compared to its five-year average of 0.38x, and the two-year average pre-Covid of 0.48x. </li>
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Swire Pacific (19 HK) has announced a "small" buyback at HK$4bn, but it is a material portion of ADV.  
What remains unknown is how the buyback will be split.  The split will only be known once buyback volumes are announced. 
Swire is trading cheap at a look-through forward P/B of 0.28x compared to its five-year average of 0.38x, and the two-year average pre-Covid of 0.48x. 


Swire A/​​B (19 HK /​​ 87 HK)'s BIG Buyback Programme

Swire Pacific (A)

Swire A/B (19 HK / 87 HK)'s BIG Buyback Programme

Swire Pacific (A)

Swire A/​​B (19 HK /​​ 87 HK)'s BIG Buyback Programme

Swire A/B (19 HK / 87 HK)'s BIG Buyback Programme