Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>Targetable names on KOSPI for dividend arbitrage: SK Telecom (017670), Woori Financial (316140), SK Hynix (000660), KB Financial (105560), Korea Zinc (010130), and HMM (011200) </li>
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Samsung Electronics (005930)' basis does not reflect special dividends, even though speculations have not disappeared entirely.</li>
<li>As the current basis hasn't widened to an entirely sufficient level, we need to target arb trade openings focusing on the above stocks a bit more aggressively.</li>
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Targetable names on KOSPI for dividend arbitrage: SK Telecom (017670), Woori Financial (316140), SK Hynix (000660), KB Financial (105560), Korea Zinc (010130), and HMM (011200) 

Samsung Electronics (005930)' basis does not reflect special dividends, even though speculations have not disappeared entirely.
As the current basis hasn't widened to an entirely sufficient level, we need to target arb trade openings focusing on the above stocks a bit more aggressively.


Targetable Names on KOSPI for Dividend Arbitrage: DPS Estimates & Current Basis

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>On 28 November, the Korean FSC made a public presentation of potential changes to regulations related to dividends, IPOs, and foreign investors registration which could reduce the long-term "Korea Discount." </li>
<li>FSC has announced that it will improve the dividend payment process of listed Korean companies by benchmarking more advanced countries such as the United States.</li>
<li>With regards to IPOs in Korea, the potential expansion of the price limit on the first day of trading post IPO from 90-200% (current) to 60-400% (revised) has been proposed.</li>
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On 28 November, the Korean FSC made a public presentation of potential changes to regulations related to dividends, IPOs, and foreign investors registration which could reduce the long-term "Korea Discount." 
FSC has announced that it will improve the dividend payment process of listed Korean companies by benchmarking more advanced countries such as the United States.
With regards to IPOs in Korea, the potential expansion of the price limit on the first day of trading post IPO from 90-200% (current) to 60-400% (revised) has been proposed.


Korean Financial Regulators Propose Changes to Dividends, IPOs, & Foreign Investor Registration

Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Nanya Tech shares have dropped, but there's still a 10% trading sell from these levels.</li>
<li>The company had dramatically outperformed the Taiwan market and Memory chip peers, yet is heading into weakening end-demand with inventory levels at multi-year highs.</li>
<li>We see the potential for inventory write-downs and a negative operating margin in the coming quarters. Meanwhile, opportunities for near-term good news appear limited.</li>
</ul>


Nanya Tech shares have dropped, but there's still a 10% trading sell from these levels.
The company had dramatically outperformed the Taiwan market and Memory chip peers, yet is heading into weakening end-demand with inventory levels at multi-year highs.
We see the potential for inventory write-downs and a negative operating margin in the coming quarters. Meanwhile, opportunities for near-term good news appear limited.


Nanya Technology: Inventory Risk, A 10% Downside Trade Is Still Available

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist, Objective Analysis

Jim Handy

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist

Objective Analysis

Objective Analysis offers third-party independent market research and data for the semiconductor industry and investors in the semiconductor industry.

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The current semiconductor market meltdown can be expected to continue through the end of 2024</li>
<li>This will reduce 2022 market growth to 5%, and will drive a decline of 19% in 2023</li>
<li>Stocks will be unevenly influenced by this, with the most dramatic declines hitting makers of volume commodities, smaller declines in differentiated products, and a weak impact on older technology products.</li>
</ul>


The current semiconductor market meltdown can be expected to continue through the end of 2024
This will reduce 2022 market growth to 5%, and will drive a decline of 19% in 2023
Stocks will be unevenly influenced by this, with the most dramatic declines hitting makers of volume commodities, smaller declines in differentiated products, and a weak impact on older technology products.


2023 High Conviction: Semiconductor Down Market

Hon Hai Precision Industry / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Unprecedented protests have emerged in China; Hon Hai is offering an $1,800 bonus per month to keep workers on site.</li>
<li>Taiwan memory chip makers are slashing production in response to end-demand weakness, Nanya Tech looks at risk of a pullback.</li>
<li>TSMC to build its most advanced fab yet, a 1-nanometer class facility, in Taoyuan. The price tag? $32bn.</li>
</ul>


Unprecedented protests have emerged in China; Hon Hai is offering an $1,800 bonus per month to keep workers on site.
Taiwan memory chip makers are slashing production in response to end-demand weakness, Nanya Tech looks at risk of a pullback.
TSMC to build its most advanced fab yet, a 1-nanometer class facility, in Taoyuan. The price tag? $32bn.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Unprecedented China Protests, Memory Slump, TSMC Keeping Taiwan Fabs Ahead of US

South Korea

SK Hynix Inc. provides products and services for the electronic components industry. The Company manufactures semiconductors, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory, and static random access memory (SRAM) chips.

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SK Hynix (000660 KS)

Targetable Names on KOSPI for Dividend Arbitrage: DPS Estimates & Current Basis

This post screens targetable names on KOSPI for dividend arbitrage based on relatively reliable DPS estimates and current basis widening.

Sanghyun Park

Korean Financial Regulators Propose Changes to Dividends, IPOs, & Foreign Investor Registration

The Korean FSC made a public presentation of potential changes to regulations related to dividends, IPOs, and foreign investors registration which...

Douglas Kim

Nanya Technology: Inventory Risk, A 10% Downside Trade Is Still Available

We see the potential for inventory write-downs and a negative operating margin in the coming quarters. Meanwhile, opportunities for near-term good...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

2023 High Conviction: Semiconductor Down Market

What's happening in semiconductors? When will the downturn end? What does this mean to chip stock prices? This Insight provides some concrete...

Jim Handy

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Unprecedented China Protests, Memory Slump, TSMC Keeping Taiwan Fabs Ahead of US

Taiwan memory chip makers are slashing production in response to end-demand weakness, Nanya Tech looks at risk of a pullback.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

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