Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Gridwiz is getting ready to complete its IPO on KOSDAQ in June. Gridwiz focuses on the power demand resource management (DR) business, involving utilities, energy storage system, and solar power.</li>
<li>The IPO price range is from 34,000 won to 40,000 won. The IPO offering amount ranges from 47.6 billion won to 56 billion won. </li>
<li>According to the bankers' valuation, the market capitalization post listing is expected to reach 285 billion won to 335 billion won. </li>
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Gridwiz is getting ready to complete its IPO on KOSDAQ in June. Gridwiz focuses on the power demand resource management (DR) business, involving utilities, energy storage system, and solar power.
The IPO price range is from 34,000 won to 40,000 won. The IPO offering amount ranges from 47.6 billion won to 56 billion won. 
According to the bankers' valuation, the market capitalization post listing is expected to reach 285 billion won to 335 billion won. 


Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Apr 26th which has an aggregated holding worth USD522.3bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD843mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Ecopro, Hyundai Motor, Krafton, Sk Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hanmi Semicon.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Apr 26th which has an aggregated holding worth USD522.3bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD843mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Ecopro, Hyundai Motor, Krafton, Sk Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hanmi Semicon.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Apr 26th): Ecopro, Hyundai Motor, Krafton, Sk Hynix, Samsung Electronics

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>This report identifies stocks at the extremes of their positioning or momentum ranges within our active Global EM fund universe.</li>
<li>We have pinpointed eight stocks either at their historical positioning extremes or undergoing significant changes in fund ownership, providing detailed ownership profiles for each.</li>
<li>HDFC Bank loses steam after merger, Nu Holdings surges to new highs, POSCO plunges to new fund ownership lows.</li>
</ul>


This report identifies stocks at the extremes of their positioning or momentum ranges within our active Global EM fund universe.
We have pinpointed eight stocks either at their historical positioning extremes or undergoing significant changes in fund ownership, providing detailed ownership profiles for each.
HDFC Bank loses steam after merger, Nu Holdings surges to new highs, POSCO plunges to new fund ownership lows.


Active GEM Funds:  Extremes in Positioning & Momentum

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Apr 19th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD6.6bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We estimate the short interests to be USD 6.6bn and highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Apr 19th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD6.6bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We estimate the short interests to be USD 6.6bn and highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Apr 19th): Samsung Electronics

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Apr 19th which has an aggregated holding worth USD508.9bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD85mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics, Sk Hynix, Kia.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Apr 19th which has an aggregated holding worth USD508.9bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD85mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics, Sk Hynix, Kia.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Apr 19th): Samsung Electronics, Sk Hynix, Kia

South Korea

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. specializes in non-ferrous metal smelting industry.  The Company manufactures zinc ingots, electrolytic gold, silver, lead, sulfuric acid, and copper.  Korea Zinc provides its products to domestic and overseas markets.

Hyundai Steel Company is an electric furnace steel maker.  The Company manufactures concrete reinforcing bars, H beams, stainless steel sheets, cast steel, and other steel products.  Hyundai Steel sells its products to the domestic and overseas markets.

Poongsan Corporation manufactures non-ferrous metal and defense-related products.  The Company also makes coin blanks, cans, stainless steel strips, lead frame alloys, tin plated strips, bars, and rods & wires.  It also produces precision products such as lead frames for semiconductors, machinery, and dies & gauges.

TCC Steel manufactures and sells electrolytic and copper coated tinplates.  The Company supplies its products to the food, beverage, electronic, and automobile industries. TCC Steel also operates plant construction services as well as real estate leasing businesses.

POSCO M-TECH CO.,LTD. manufactures steel strips used for packing.  The Company also produces deoxidizers used in the steel-making process.  Under  a long-term supply contact, the Company distributes a significant portion of  its output to POSCO.

Sam Kang M&T Co., Ltd. manufactures special steel pipes used for petroleum refining and ocean floor exploration.  Sam Kang also produces steel blocks for ship building, and cranes that is used in industry area.

SeAH Steel Holdings Corporation manufactures and sells steel pipes. The Company produces and sells spiral, stainless, titanium tubes, and other products. SeAH Steel Holdings markets its products throughout Korea.

Sam-A Aluminum Co., Ltd. manufactures aluminum foils for cigarette and food packaging, window frames, and related products.  The Company also produces aluminum powder used for painting ships, automobiles, and bridges.

KG Dongbusteel Co., Ltd. manufactures cold rolled sheets, such as commercial quality cold rolled steel sheets, deep drawing quality cold rolled sheets, and stabilized deep drawing cold rolled sheets.  The Company also offers special cold rolled sheets and plating base metals.

Young Poong Corporation produces and markets non-ferrous metals, such as zinc ingots, sulfate, and cadmium.  The Company also generates income from leasing buildings.

United States Steel Corporation operates as an integrated steel producer. The Company manufactures flat-rolled and tubular products with production operations in North America and Europe. United States Steel serves the automotive, appliance, container, industrial machinery, construction, and oil and gas industries.

JFE Holdings, Inc. is a holding company which was established through the merger of NKK Corp and Kawasaki Steel Corp.  The Company manages and conducts its subsidiaries' business, which is steel production and integrated engineering services.

Vedanta Limited mines, produces, and exports base metals. The Company mines and distributes metals such as zinc, iron ore, copper, silver, and aluminium, as well as operates power plants. Vedanta markets its products worldwide.

Newcrest Mining Limited is a gold mining, exploration and production company. The Company is geographically focused in Australia, the Pacific region and Asia. Newcrest Mining operates projects within six provinces in four countries, focusing on the Cadia East and Lihir MOPU expansion projects and the Wafi Golpu and Namosi greenfield projects.

Nippon Steel Corp is an integrated steel maker. The Company produces various types of steel products used for industrial machinery & equipment and exports them worldwide.  Nippon Steel provides plant construction and urban development and also develops new businesses such as chemicals, ceramics, electronic equipment and information & communication systems.

China Steel Corporation manufactures and markets a variety of steel products. The main products are hot rolled coils and sheets, cold rolled coils and sheets, wire rods, steel plates, and steel bars.

China Hongqiao Group Ltd. manufactures aluminum products. The Company's aluminum products consist of molten aluminum alloy, aluminum alloy ingots and aluminum busbars.

NMDC Limited explores for minerals. The Company is exploring for iron ore, copper, rock phosphate, lime stone, dolomite, gypsum, bentonite, magnesite, diamond, tin, tungsten, graphite, and beach sands.

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets a variety of iron and steel products including cold rolled plates and coils, hot rolled plates and coils, seamless steel tubes, high-speed wire rods, and steel billets.  The company also operates in related energy production businesses.

Northern Star Resources Ltd manufactures precious metals. The Company provides mining and production of gold. Northern Star Resources serves customers in Australia and North America.

POSCO Holdings Inc. manufactures and distributes steel products. The Company produces crude steel, hot rolled steel, cold rolled steel, stainless steel, steel plates, wire rods, galvanized steel, electrical steel, and other related products. POSCO Holdings markets its products worldwide.

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KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Apr 26th): Ecopro, Hyundai Motor, Krafton, Sk Hynix, Samsung Electronics

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Ecopro, Hyundai Motor, Krafton, Sk Hynix, Samsung...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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GEM Extreme Stocks. HDFC Bank loses steam after merger, Nu Holdings surges to new highs, POSCO plunges to new fund ownership lows.

Steven Holden

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Apr 19th): Samsung Electronics

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week. We estimate the short interests to be USD 6.6bn and highlighted short interest changes in...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Apr 19th): Samsung Electronics, Sk Hynix, Kia

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Samsung Electronics, Sk Hynix, Kia.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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