Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Korea has two visa policies for Chinese visitors to Korea – one for mainland Korea and one for Jeju island. Chinese visitors must get visa when visiting mainland Korea while visa is not required to visit Jeju island. We believe that the tremendous success of attracting Chinese visitors to Jeju island may also lead to relaxed visa policies for Chinese visiting mainland Korea. Timing of potential change of Chinese visa policy to Korea - Although it may not be discussed much openly, we think that there are increasing talks behind the doors to relax the visa policy for Chinese visitors to Korea (ex. 3 months no visa policy) in order to attract more Chinese visitors and help to attract foreign capital. In terms of time-frame, we believe it could over the next two years, especially as the incumbent Presidential regime is pro-FTA with China and open to attracting more Chinese capital. The potential change to existing visa policy such as 3 months no visa could be both ways (Chinese visitors to Korea and Korean visitors to China).

Korea has two visa policies for Chinese visitors to Korea – one for mainland Korea and one for Jeju island. Chinese visitors must get visa when visiting mainland Korea while visa is not required to visit Jeju island. We believe that the tremendous success of attracting Chinese visitors to Jeju island may also lead to relaxed visa policies for Chinese visiting mainland Korea. Timing of potential change of Chinese visa policy to Korea - Although it may not be discussed much openly, we think that there are increasing talks behind the doors to relax the visa policy for Chinese visitors to Korea (ex. 3 months no visa policy) in order to attract more Chinese visitors and help to attract foreign capital. In terms of time-frame, we believe it could over the next two years, especially as the incumbent Presidential regime is pro-FTA with China and open to attracting more Chinese capital. The potential change to existing visa policy such as 3 months no visa could be both ways (Chinese visitors to Korea and Korean visitors to China). 

Potential Change of Chinese Visa Policy to Korea

Portfolio Manager

Kenton Leo

Kelusa Asia Focus Funds

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/107" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:107">Hotel Shilla</a> is about to see both a sharp cyclical and structural downturn in its business.</li><li>As a result, expect to see sharp operating deleverage.</li><li>This means earnings will have to be revised down by 50% - 60%.</li><li>The stock is trading at 35x 2016 PE instead of the 16x that consensus estimates imply.</li></ul>

Hotel Shilla is about to see both a sharp cyclical and structural downturn in its business.As a result, expect to see sharp operating deleverage.This means earnings will have to be revised down by 50% - 60%.The stock is trading at 35x 2016 PE instead of the 16x that consensus estimates imply.

Hotel Shilla: Entering a Cyclical And Structural Downturn

South Korea

Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd. operates department stores and discount stores in South Korea.  The Company retails clothing, household goods, foods and other items through several branches.  Lotte Shopping also operates supermarkets and movie theaters.

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Lotte Shopping Co (023530 KS)

Potential Change of Chinese Visa Policy to Korea

Korea has two visa policies for Chinese visitors to Korea – one for mainland Korea and one for Jeju island. Chinese visitors must get visa when...

Douglas Kim

Hotel Shilla: Entering a Cyclical And Structural Downturn

Hotel Shilla is about to see both a sharp cyclical and structural downturn in its business. As a result, expect to see sharp operating...

Kenton Leo

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