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

TSE Announces Market Structure Revisions: Still Much Ado About Nothing

TOPIX Inclusion: Net Protections (7383 JP)

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>The January 2022 FFW rebalance is not very large - about US$225mm a side. </li>
<li>30% of the interest is in two names - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/net-protections-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35162:1" rel="noopener">Net Protections (7383 JP)</a> as an add because of its recent IPO and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oracle-corp-japan" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16787:1" rel="noopener">Oracle Corp Japan (4716 JP)</a> as a sell.</li>
<li>This event may get overshadowed by the TSE Market Structure revamp announced the same day.</li>
</ul>


The January 2022 FFW rebalance is not very large - about US$225mm a side. 
30% of the interest is in two names - Net Protections (7383 JP) as an add because of its recent IPO and Oracle Corp Japan (4716 JP) as a sell.
This event may get overshadowed by the TSE Market Structure revamp announced the same day.


TOPIX January 2022 FFW Rebalance - Much Nothing To Do