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

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>WellNeo Sugar (2117) today announced a deal to buy <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyo-sugar-refining-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2182:1" rel="noopener">Toyo Sugar Refining (2107 JP)</a> at a 27% premium. This is a small ¥11bn deal where insiders own 45%. </li>
<li>Normally I wouldn't even talk about a deal this small but this one has something going for it. Two things actually. </li>
<li>And readers will have to read all the way down to the conclusions to find out the key one, but the setup is that it is too cheap.</li>
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WellNeo Sugar (2117) today announced a deal to buy Toyo Sugar Refining (2107 JP) at a 27% premium. This is a small ¥11bn deal where insiders own 45%. 
Normally I wouldn't even talk about a deal this small but this one has something going for it. Two things actually. 
And readers will have to read all the way down to the conclusions to find out the key one, but the setup is that it is too cheap.


WellNeo Sugar (2117) To Buy Toyo Sugar (2107) - Too Cheap, No Synergies Paid, but Too Small