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>Nine constituents will likely face an increase in the float rate: five stocks for the sale of the majority shareholder's shares and four names for the IPO lockup release.</li>
<li>Kakao Bank (6.35x), LG Corp (003550 KS) (2.62x), Krafton (2.09x), and Woori Financial Group (316140 KS) (1.74x) are expected to have the most significant impact.</li>
<li>In general, float rate changes show price movement by passive flow similar to new changes (adds/deletes). So, we need to consider gradually building up positions two months before the rebalancing.</li>
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Nine constituents will likely face an increase in the float rate: five stocks for the sale of the majority shareholder's shares and four names for the IPO lockup release.
Kakao Bank (6.35x), LG Corp (003550 KS) (2.62x), Krafton (2.09x), and Woori Financial Group (316140 KS) (1.74x) are expected to have the most significant impact.
In general, float rate changes show price movement by passive flow similar to new changes (adds/deletes). So, we need to consider gradually building up positions two months before the rebalancing.


KOSPI 200 Index Rebalancing: Constituents Subject to Float Rate Increase

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<li>KOSPI 200 IT sector index rebalances twice a year in June and December. The effective date for the upcoming rebalancing is June 10.</li>
<li>The IT sector has a high degree of price cointegration of the stocks within the sector. Therefore, the impact/price correlation is robust despite a smaller impact size.</li>
<li>At this point, the following three stocks deserve our attention: Samsung SDI, Kakao Pay, and LG Corp. We can expect a passive inflow of +0.15x for these highly liquid names.</li>
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KOSPI 200 IT sector index rebalances twice a year in June and December. The effective date for the upcoming rebalancing is June 10.
The IT sector has a high degree of price cointegration of the stocks within the sector. Therefore, the impact/price correlation is robust despite a smaller impact size.
At this point, the following three stocks deserve our attention: Samsung SDI, Kakao Pay, and LG Corp. We can expect a passive inflow of +0.15x for these highly liquid names.


KOSPI 200 IT (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Preview

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-square-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35264:1" rel="noopener">SK Square (402340 KS)</a> was inexpensive after its November listing. Now it's even cheaper. </li>
<li>Preceding my comments on SK Square - and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-chem-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3583:1" rel="noopener">LG Chem Ltd (051910 KS)</a> - are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos. </li>
<li>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.</li>
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SK Square (402340 KS) was inexpensive after its November listing. Now it's even cheaper. 
Preceding my comments on SK Square - and LG Chem Ltd (051910 KS) - are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos. 
These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.


StubWorld: SK Square And LG Chem's Unjustified NAV Discounts

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>There are two key, positive catalysts for major Korean holding companies that could result in these stocks outperforming the market in the coming months.</li>
<li>The first main catalyst is that the two leading presidential candidates are both have campaign pledges to protect minority shareholders when conglomerates conduct physical division spin-offs/splits. </li>
<li>The second key catalyst is the shift from growth to value stocks amid heightened market volatility.</li>
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There are two key, positive catalysts for major Korean holding companies that could result in these stocks outperforming the market in the coming months.
The first main catalyst is that the two leading presidential candidates are both have campaign pledges to protect minority shareholders when conglomerates conduct physical division spin-offs/splits. 
The second key catalyst is the shift from growth to value stocks amid heightened market volatility.


Two Key Positive Catalysts for Major Korean Holding Companies

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.

Equity Capital Markets

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that have been covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs. </li>
<li>Trading debuts across different markets have been poor. But there are some trades to be put for lock-up expiries.</li>
<li>This will be our last week of ECM weekly notes for the year. Our weekly notes will be back in January when things start to pick up again.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that have been covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs. 
Trading debuts across different markets have been poor. But there are some trades to be put for lock-up expiries.
This will be our last week of ECM weekly notes for the year. Our weekly notes will be back in January when things start to pick up again.


ECM Weekly (19th December 2021) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, Chervon, Sirnaomics, JG Mag A/H

South Korea

Doosan Co., Ltd operates as a diversified manufacturing and service company. The Company conducts electronic components production, logistics equipment manufacturing, information technology consulting, and other businesses. Doosan provides services worldwide.

CJ Corp. is an investment holding company.  The Company, through its subsidiaries, manufactures processed food products.  The subsidiaries' products include refined sugar, monosodium glutamate (MSG), condiment, wheat powder, flour, cooking oil, processed meats, and animal feed.

Samsung C&T Corporation conducts diversified business support services and resort operation activities. The Company offers a range of services in areas including clothing retail, construction, energy, real estate, food service, and resort accommodations. Samsung C&T also operates a resort with amusement rides, a zoo, water park, golf clubs, and restaurants.

ALUKO Co., Ltd. manufactures window frames, balconies, and ventilators made of aluminum.  The Company provides various colors and types of aluminum window frames and sashes.  ALUKO also produces steel furniture.

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. manufactures crude oil tankers, container vessels, bulk carriers, cruisers, and passenger ferries.  The Company also produces steel and bridge structures, and material handling equipment.  In addition, Samsung Heavy Industries provides civil engineering, architectural, and plant construction services.

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. operates as an aircraft parts manufacturing company. The Company produces and sells aircraft gas turbine engine products, aircraft compressors, low pressure turbines, and other products. Hanwha Aerospace markets its products worldwide.

Posco International Corporation is a general trading company.  The Company exports and imports steel, cement, crude oil, heavy machinery, automobile parts, and textiles.  Daewoo also manufactures synthetic fabrics for footwear, garments, and car seats, and operates a department store in Masan.

Posco International Corporation (047050 KS)

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. operates as a shipbuilding and offshore company. The Company provides industrial plant engineering, special and naval shipbuilding, marine engine and machinery, industrial machinery and energy services. HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering markets its products worldwide.

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (009540 KS)

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering

Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. operates as a shipbuilding and offshore company. The Company provides floating structure construction, steel wire drying, commercial vessels, specialty vessels, gas carrier, tanker, containership, ro ro, bulk carrier, submarine, warship, auxiliaries, cruise ships, and ferries manufacturing services. Hanwha Ocean also offers onshore plants services.

Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems (HE&E), which makes various electric equipment including transformers, switchgear, motors, low & medium voltage circuit breakers, power electronics, and power electronics & control systems.

Keppel Corporation Limited's core businesses are offshore and marine, infrastructure, property investment and development, telecommunications and transportation, energy, and engineering.

Sembcorp Industries Ltd provides utilities and integrated services for industrial sites such as power, gas, steam, water, wastewater treatment and other on-site services. The Company's businesses also include marine & offshore engineering and urban development comprising industrial parks and business, commercial and residential spaces.

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is a multinational enterprise with a portfolio of businesses focused on the Asia-Pacific region. The Group's activities include financial services, supermarkets, consumer marketing, engineering and construction, automobile trading, insurance broking, property investment, and hotels.

DCC PLC is a sales, marketing, distribution and business support services Group. The Group operates in the following sectors; energy, IT & entertainment products, healthcare, environmental services and food & beverage. DCC's strategy is to grow a sustainable, diversified business.

Smiths Group plc is a global technology company.  The company delivers products and services for the threat & contraband detection, medical devices, energy and communications market worldwide.

Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS provides construction and construction related services worldwide. The Company builds infrastructure, commercial projects and factories. The manufacturing subsidiaries produce construction materials, steel pipes, windows and hand tools. The Group also imports and distributes industrial machinery in Turkey.

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, focuses on motor vehicles, property investment and development, food retailing, health and beauty, home furnishings, engineering and construction, transport services, restaurants, luxury hotels, financial services, heavy equipment, mining, energy, and agribusiness.

Icahn Enterprises L.P., a master limited partnership, is a diversified holding company engaged in nine primary business segments: Automotive, Investment, Energy, Gaming, Railcar, Food Packaging, Metals, Real Estate and Home Fashion.

Seibu Holdings Inc. offers diversified operation. The Company through its subsidiary companies operates transportation, construction, hotel, leisure facilities, and real estate business. Seibu Holdings provides group enterprises strategy planning, operation management, asset management and supply, and business promotions.

Toshiba Corporation manufactures and markets electrical and electronic products. The Company's products include digital products such as PCs and televisions, NAND flash memories, and system LSIs (large-scale integrated), as well as social infrastructures such as power generators, medical equipment, and home appliances.

LG Corp. is a holding company, which operates subsidiaries including LG Electronics, LG Household & Health Care, LG Chem Ltd., and Dacom Corp. The Company's main business areas are electronics, chemicals, and household products manufacturing and telecommunications services.

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LG Corp (003550 KS)

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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that have been covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

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