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>During the public hearing, Lee Jae-myung asked Simpac's CFO about their 0.3x PBR, then remarked, "That’s prime territory for a hostile M&amp;A."</li>
<li>With PBRs under 0.3x, these companies may roll out shareholder returns to manage political pressure—definitely worth tracking from a value-up trading perspective.</li>
<li>Hanwha is interesting due to its room for shareholder returns and potential merger with Hanwha Energy. With the new Commercial Act, a public tender offer is likely. Worth watching closely.</li>
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During the public hearing, Lee Jae-myung asked Simpac's CFO about their 0.3x PBR, then remarked, "That’s prime territory for a hostile M&amp;A."
With PBRs under 0.3x, these companies may roll out shareholder returns to manage political pressure—definitely worth tracking from a value-up trading perspective.
Hanwha is interesting due to its room for shareholder returns and potential merger with Hanwha Energy. With the new Commercial Act, a public tender offer is likely. Worth watching closely.


Korea’s Dem Leader: PBR Under 0.3x Should Be Hostile M&A Targets – Names That Could Feel the Heat

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<li>With the November reshuffle, single stock futures rise from 222 to 258 (+36) and single stock options increase from 52 to 58 (+6) across KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ Global.</li>
<li>The main takeaway from this reshuffle is the price impact from a short-term volume spike as market makers jump into newly listed single-stock futures.</li>
<li>The volume surge in spot markets for newly listed assets consistently drives positive price impact, most notably right after listing, rather than waiting until contract expiry.</li>
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With the November reshuffle, single stock futures rise from 222 to 258 (+36) and single stock options increase from 52 to 58 (+6) across KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ Global.
The main takeaway from this reshuffle is the price impact from a short-term volume spike as market makers jump into newly listed single-stock futures.
The volume surge in spot markets for newly listed assets consistently drives positive price impact, most notably right after listing, rather than waiting until contract expiry.


KRX Releases November SSFs and SSOs Reshuffle: Here's the Breakdown

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we highlight the recent pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos which could provide trading opportunities in 4Q 2024.</li>
<li>Volatility has been high in the Korean stock market in the past several weeks resulting in some interesting widening of some gaps among numerous holdcos and opcos in Korea. </li>
<li>Of the 38 pair trades, 19 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past six months and the other 19 opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period. </li>
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In this insight, we highlight the recent pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos which could provide trading opportunities in 4Q 2024.
Volatility has been high in the Korean stock market in the past several weeks resulting in some interesting widening of some gaps among numerous holdcos and opcos in Korea. 
Of the 38 pair trades, 19 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past six months and the other 19 opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period. 


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 4Q 2024

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<li>KRX announced that both Hanwha Aerospace and the new Hanwha Industrial Solutions will be added to the KOSPI 200.</li>
<li>Since 2020, two K200 spinoffs had both companies remain: DL Holdings and DL E&amp;C in January 2021, and SK Telecom and SK Square in November 2021, with notable value increases.</li>
<li>This trade isn't risk-free and requires a sophisticated hedge setup, but the trading opportunities from this flow situation are worth close attention.</li>
</ul>


KRX announced that both Hanwha Aerospace and the new Hanwha Industrial Solutions will be added to the KOSPI 200.
Since 2020, two K200 spinoffs had both companies remain: DL Holdings and DL E&amp;C in January 2021, and SK Telecom and SK Square in November 2021, with notable value increases.
This trade isn't risk-free and requires a sophisticated hedge setup, but the trading opportunities from this flow situation are worth close attention.


Both Hanwha Aerospace Spinoffs Remain in KOSPI 200: Trading Value Gap Between Trading Suspension

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 short interest of KRX stocks as of Aug 2nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.4bn.</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 highlight short interest changes in Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Aug 2nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.4bn.
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 highlight short interest changes in Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 2nd): Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco

South Korea

DL Holdings Co., Ltd. provides civil engineering, architectural, and plant construction services. The Company constructs bridges, highways, tunnels, harbors, and governmental buildings. DL also manufactures petrochemical products , including polyester, benzene, butane, and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).

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DL Holdings Co (000210 KS)

Korea’s Dem Leader: PBR Under 0.3x Should Be Hostile M&A Targets – Names That Could Feel the Heat

The Democratic Party leader’s bold move: “A PBR under 0.3x is prime for a hostile M&A target.” Here are the stocks that could feel the heat.

Sanghyun Park

KRX Releases November SSFs and SSOs Reshuffle: Here's the Breakdown

KRX has released the results of the November reshuffle for SSFs (single-stock futures) and SSOs (single-stock options). This post takes a look at...

Sanghyun Park

Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 4Q 2024

In this insight, we highlight the recent pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos which could provide trading opportunities in...

Douglas Kim

Both Hanwha Aerospace Spinoffs Remain in KOSPI 200: Trading Value Gap Between Trading Suspension

This post explores trading opportunities targeting the value gap for Hanwha Aerospace spinoffs before and after the trading suspension, driven...

Sanghyun Park

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 2nd): Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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