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>In Korea's local stock market, intense short-covering at the yearend dividend season has been consistently observed since mid-November. So, this post screens potential short-covering stocks.</li>
<li>KOSPI stocks meeting these screening factors include <strong>Kumho Petro Chemical, SK Inc, Lotte Shopping, Mirae Asset Securities, CJ Corp, and HiteJinro</strong>.</li>
<li>In the KOSDAQ, we can obtain the following results if the same screening factors are applied: <strong>LX Semicon, BH Co Ltd, and Seegene</strong>.</li>
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In Korea's local stock market, intense short-covering at the yearend dividend season has been consistently observed since mid-November. So, this post screens potential short-covering stocks.
KOSPI stocks meeting these screening factors include Kumho Petro Chemical, SK Inc, Lotte Shopping, Mirae Asset Securities, CJ Corp, and HiteJinro.
In the KOSDAQ, we can obtain the following results if the same screening factors are applied: LX Semicon, BH Co Ltd, and Seegene.


Potential Yearend Short-Covering Stocks in Korea

<p>One noteworthy news came out on Hanssem. One of Korea's local first-tier economic newspapers, Seoul Economic Daily, put out an exclusive report after the market closed on Monday, precisely at 4:50 pm local time. The report says that IMM Private Equity, which will acquire a 27.7% stake held by Hanssem's major shareholder, has decided to cancel Hanssem's treasury stock (26.7%) after the acquisition.</p><p><a href="https://signalm.sedaily.com/NewsView/22RMLWH489/GX1101" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Here is the link to the news report by Seoul Economic Daily.</a></p><div class="content-highlight"><p>Hanssem currently has <strong>6,274,504 treasury shares</strong>, representing <strong>26.66%</strong> of the shares outstanding.</p></div><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/232/124/original/1.png?1632755230" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="232124"></figure></section><div class="content-caption">(Source: FnGuide)</div><p>This news flowed into the market around 5 pm and made some impact in the after-hours single-price trading window. The share closed with a 0.84% gain during the regular trading hours and enjoyed an additional 3%p increase in the last 30 minutes of the after-hours single-price trading window. </p><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/232/125/original/2.png?1632756022" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="232125"></figure></section><div class="content-caption">(Source: Shinhan HTS)</div><p>However, as the number of shares traded during this after-hours trading window was less than 3,000, it is still too early to accurately estimate the impact this news will have on the share price in the short term.</p>

One noteworthy news came out on Hanssem. One of Korea's local first-tier economic newspapers, Seoul Economic Daily, put out an exclusive report after the market closed on Monday, precisely at 4:50 pm local time. The report says that IMM Private Equity, which will acquire a 27.7% stake held by Hanssem's major shareholder, has decided to cancel Hanssem's treasury stock (26.7%) after the acquisition.Here is the link to the news report by Seoul Economic Daily.Hanssem currently has 6,274,504 treasury shares, representing 26.66% of the shares outstanding.(Source: FnGuide)This news flowed into the market around 5 pm and made some impact in the after-hours single-price trading window. The share closed with a 0.84% gain during the regular trading hours and enjoyed an additional 3%p increase in the last 30 minutes of the after-hours single-price trading window. (Source: Shinhan HTS)However, as the number of shares traded during this after-hours trading window was less than 3,000, it is still too early to accurately estimate the impact this news will have on the share price in the short term.

IMM PE Has Reportedly Decided to Cancel Hanssem's 26.7% Treasury Shares

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory, ROK Advisory LLC

Ken S. Kim

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory

ROK Advisory LLC

ROK is an independent research advisory firm. We guide you to minimize the information gap between foreign and local investors in Northeast Asia with a focus in Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

Independent Research Advisory Firm

Equity Bottom-Up

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-household-health-care" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6501:1" rel="noopener">LG Household &amp; Health Care (051900 KS)</a> is down 22% from peak and has really taken a tumultuous fall to a point where it begs the question "Does the fall in share price justify its outlook or is LG being sold for the wrong reasons?" </p>

LG Household &amp; Health Care (051900 KS) is down 22% from peak and has really taken a tumultuous fall to a point where it begs the question "Does the fall in share price justify its outlook or is LG being sold for the wrong reasons?" 

LG H&H (051900) - Systematic or Unsystematic Risks Being Priced In?

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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.

<div><p>Kakao Bank (KB), South Korea’s largest digital bank, raised US$2.2bn in its South Korean IPO. It ended the first day of trading up 79% from its IPO price. </p></div><div>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes:</div><div><ul>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/kakao-bank-ipo-riding-on-parent-s-network-but-boundaries-with-kakao-pay-remain-unclear" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kakao Bank IPO - Riding on parents network but boundaries with Kakao Pay remain unclear</a>, </li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/kakao-bank-ipo-pricey-as-it-should-be" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kakao Bank IPO - Pricey as It Should Be</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/kakao-bank-ipo-lack-of-lock-up-and-msci-ftse-index-implications" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kakao Bank IPO - Lack of Lock-Up and MSCI, FTSE Index Implications, and</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/kakao-bank-ipo-trading-one-for-instis-closer-look-at-ftse-and-msci-inclusion-remain-buyers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kakao Bank IPO Trading - One for Instis, Closer Look at FTSE and MSCI Inclusion. Remain Buyers</a></li>
</ul></div><div><p>In this note, we will talk about the first day trading and index inclusion.</p></div>

Kakao Bank (KB), South Korea’s largest digital bank, raised US$2.2bn in its South Korean IPO. It ended the first day of trading up 79% from its IPO price. We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes:

Kakao Bank IPO - Riding on parents network but boundaries with Kakao Pay remain unclear, 
Kakao Bank IPO - Pricey as It Should Be
Kakao Bank IPO - Lack of Lock-Up and MSCI, FTSE Index Implications, and
Kakao Bank IPO Trading - One for Instis, Closer Look at FTSE and MSCI Inclusion. Remain Buyers
In this note, we will talk about the first day trading and index inclusion.

Kakao Bank - MSCI Done, Missed FTSE by a Whisker.

Equity Capital Markets

China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-tourism-group-duty-free-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12278:1" rel="noopener">China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH)</a> (CDF) aims to raise around US$5-10bn in its H-share listing in Hong Kong. </p><p>CDF is the largest travel retail operator in the world primarily focusing on sales of high-quality duty-free and duty-paid merchandise to domestic and international travelers. As per Frost &amp; Sullivan, it had 92.3% market share by retail revenue in China duty-free merchandise sales in 2020.</p><p>As the A-shares are already listed and well covered, we will treat this listing more like a placement rather than an IPO. However, given the large potential size of the listing, we will go into more details than we would for a regular placement. Hence, in this note we will briefly cover the company’s background and recent performance before touching upon the deal dynamics.</p>

China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH) (CDF) aims to raise around US$5-10bn in its H-share listing in Hong Kong. CDF is the largest travel retail operator in the world primarily focusing on sales of high-quality duty-free and duty-paid merchandise to domestic and international travelers. As per Frost &amp; Sullivan, it had 92.3% market share by retail revenue in China duty-free merchandise sales in 2020.As the A-shares are already listed and well covered, we will treat this listing more like a placement rather than an IPO. However, given the large potential size of the listing, we will go into more details than we would for a regular placement. Hence, in this note we will briefly cover the company’s background and recent performance before touching upon the deal dynamics.

China Tourism Group A/H Listing Early Look - Over US$5bn Raising for a Monopoly on Chinese Tourists

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)

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Kakao Bank - MSCI Done, Missed FTSE by a Whisker.

Kakao Bank (KB), South Korea’s largest digital bank, raised US$2.2bn in its South Korean IPO. It ended the first day of trading up 79% from its IPO...

Sumeet Singh

China Tourism Group A/H Listing Early Look - Over US$5bn Raising for a Monopoly on Chinese Tourists

China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH) aims to raise around US$5-10bn in its H-share listing in Hong Kong. It had 92.3% market share by...

Sumeet Singh

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