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

US Banks - Accelerating Weekly YoY Loan Growth at +$77bn into 3Q25 Vs Minus $1bn into 3Q24

[Japan M&A] YAGEO Upping the Stakes in the Game of 🐓 over Shibaura (6957 JP)

[Japan M&A] YAGEO Says It Expects FDI Clearance on Shibaura - Minebea Likely To Fold

[Japan M&A] Minebea Matches YAGEO for Shibaura Elec (6957) At ¥6,200. Presses on Early Cashout

[Japan M&A] YAGEO Extends Shibaura TOB Limbo at FSA/METI/BOJ Request on FEFTA

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/minebea-mitsumi-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5032:1" rel="noopener">Minebea Mitsumi (6479 JP)</a> has bid ¥6,200/share for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shibaura-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12704:1" rel="noopener">Shibaura Electronics (6957 JP)</a>. The tender ends 28 August. YAGEO has over bid now to ¥6,635/share.  </li>
<li>YAGEO's regulatory clearance decision may not arrive before 1 September, after the Minebea tender closes. Minebea now says they will neither bump nor extend. </li>
<li>Minebea is hoping people will throw in the towel and tender because if their tender ends and Yageo's fails, it might a long way down. There are possibilities but... scary.</li>
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Minebea Mitsumi (6479 JP) has bid ¥6,200/share for Shibaura Electronics (6957 JP). The tender ends 28 August. YAGEO has over bid now to ¥6,635/share.  
YAGEO's regulatory clearance decision may not arrive before 1 September, after the Minebea tender closes. Minebea now says they will neither bump nor extend. 
Minebea is hoping people will throw in the towel and tender because if their tender ends and Yageo's fails, it might a long way down. There are possibilities but... scary.


[일본 M&amp;A] 미네비아, 시바우라에 규제 치킨게임 강요 (6957 JP)

Shibaura Electronics

[일본 M&amp;A] 미네비아, 시바우라에 규제 치킨게임 강요 (6957 JP)

[일본 M&A] 미네비아, 시바우라에 규제 치킨게임 강요 (6957 JP)