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>For this March rebalancing, the screening base date is January 28, which is the last trading day of January. So, the 3-month rebalancing review period is now done.</li>
<li>Other than LG Energy (+₩146,2B), we should pay the most attention to AfreecaTV (+1.70x), Chunbo (+0.36x), Douzone Bizon (-4.82x), and SoulBrain (-0.99x).</li>
<li>In addition, large-cap stocks such as SKIET (+0.25x), Ecopro BM (+0.10x), LG Chem (-0.62x), and Posco Chemical (-0.30x) will likely draw much attention.</li>
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For this March rebalancing, the screening base date is January 28, which is the last trading day of January. So, the 3-month rebalancing review period is now done.
Other than LG Energy (+₩146,2B), we should pay the most attention to AfreecaTV (+1.70x), Chunbo (+0.36x), Douzone Bizon (-4.82x), and SoulBrain (-0.99x).
In addition, large-cap stocks such as SKIET (+0.25x), Ecopro BM (+0.10x), LG Chem (-0.62x), and Posco Chemical (-0.30x) will likely draw much attention.


KRX K-New Deal Index Screening Period Ended: Rebalancing Changes & Passive Impacts Update

<ul>
<li>These indices use the GICS for classification. Bio and Internet are very straightforward. But qualitative judgment may be involved in Battery and Game.
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<li>The passive impact of SoulBrain is estimated to be the largest, and LG Chem wouldn't be negligible either.</li>
<li>If AfreecaTV and Douzon Bizon are swapped, they will experience an impact of +2.0x ADTV and -5.0x ADTV. So they will shine the most if the swap takes place.</li>
</ul>


These indices use the GICS for classification. Bio and Internet are very straightforward. But qualitative judgment may be involved in Battery and Game.

The passive impact of SoulBrain is estimated to be the largest, and LG Chem wouldn't be negligible either.
If AfreecaTV and Douzon Bizon are swapped, they will experience an impact of +2.0x ADTV and -5.0x ADTV. So they will shine the most if the swap takes place.


KRX K-New Deal Index Rebalancing: Detailed Methodology & Changes Preview

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

<ul>
<li>The review period for the March rebalance ends on 31 January, the announcement of the changes will be end February/beginning March, implementation will be at the close on 10 March.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a> will be included in the Battery index, and there will be other changes to the Bio, Internet, Game and BBIG indices.</li>
<li>The largest selling is expected to be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/douzone-bizon-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20161:1" rel="noopener">Douzone Bizon (012510 KS)</a> due to a potential downweight in the Internet index and a deletion from the BBIG index.</li>
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The review period for the March rebalance ends on 31 January, the announcement of the changes will be end February/beginning March, implementation will be at the close on 10 March.

LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS) will be included in the Battery index, and there will be other changes to the Bio, Internet, Game and BBIG indices.
The largest selling is expected to be on Douzone Bizon (012510 KS) due to a potential downweight in the Internet index and a deletion from the BBIG index.


KRX BBIG Index Rebalance Preview (March): LG Energy Should Be Added; Plus Other Changes

<ul>
<li>There are six local sector indexes in total, which have a meaningful level of AUM and will be rebalanced in December.</li>
<li>In KOSPI200 IT, LG Corp and Samsung SDS will face a positive flow, while SDI will have an outflow on December 9. KB Financial will replace POSCO in FnGuide TOP10.</li>
<li>Samsung SDI, Enchem, and Dear U deserve the most attention the next day (the 10th). Besides Dear U, RBW is another likely addition to both K-Metaverse and Metaverse Theme.</li>
</ul>


There are six local sector indexes in total, which have a meaningful level of AUM and will be rebalanced in December.
In KOSPI200 IT, LG Corp and Samsung SDS will face a positive flow, while SDI will have an outflow on December 9. KB Financial will replace POSCO in FnGuide TOP10.
Samsung SDI, Enchem, and Dear U deserve the most attention the next day (the 10th). Besides Dear U, RBW is another likely addition to both K-Metaverse and Metaverse Theme.


Korea Sector Indexes with December Rebalancing: Passive Impact by Date

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries  / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>The stocks we need to pay attention to are Hyundai Heavy Industries and Myoung Shin Industries.</li>
<li>HHI's 4.54% lockup release should cause short-term volatility in the price. We need to consider a setup that builds up a short position right after the KOSPI 200 effective date.</li>
<li>Myoung Shin Industrial's KOSPI 200 passive flow effect will be less than initially expected. Then, we need to look at the timing of entering the short position after December 10th.</li>
</ul>


The stocks we need to pay attention to are Hyundai Heavy Industries and Myoung Shin Industries.
HHI's 4.54% lockup release should cause short-term volatility in the price. We need to consider a setup that builds up a short position right after the KOSPI 200 effective date.
Myoung Shin Industrial's KOSPI 200 passive flow effect will be less than initially expected. Then, we need to look at the timing of entering the short position after December 10th.


KOSPI Major Lockup Releases: Hyundai Heavy Industries & Myoung Shin Industrial

South Korea

Dear U Co Ltd develops and produces application software. The Company provides mobile karaoke services, artist-only fan community platform and other services. Dear U offers services worldwide.

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KOSPI Major Lockup Releases: Hyundai Heavy Industries & Myoung Shin Industrial

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Sanghyun Park

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