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>Dongwon Industries’ float rate is less than 10% (1 - 63.15% - 27.65% = 9.20%), which makes it ineligible for KOSPI 200. KRX will reflect this in the June review.</li>
<li>The passive outflow size due to K200 deletion is expected to be about 50 billion won, which will cause an impact of about 28x ADTV.</li>
<li>Considering this deletion has not been sufficiently exposed in the market, the actual price impact may be even more significant and preemptive.</li>
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Dongwon Industries’ float rate is less than 10% (1 - 63.15% - 27.65% = 9.20%), which makes it ineligible for KOSPI 200. KRX will reflect this in the June review.
The passive outflow size due to K200 deletion is expected to be about 50 billion won, which will cause an impact of about 28x ADTV.
Considering this deletion has not been sufficiently exposed in the market, the actual price impact may be even more significant and preemptive.


Aggressive Shorting on Dongwon Industries, Which Has Not Been Noticed as a K200 Deletion

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023.</li>
<li>Of the 38 pair trades, 21 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 17 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
<li>We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023.
Of the 38 pair trades, 21 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 17 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.
We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 2Q 2023

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 1Q 2023.</li>
<li>Of the 33 pair trades, 2/3 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past year and 1/3 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
<li>We highlight 33 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 1Q 2023.
Of the 33 pair trades, 2/3 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past year and 1/3 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.
We highlight 33 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Spreads Opportunities in 1Q 2023

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<li>F&amp;F Holdings is a single-subsidiary PURE STUB PLAY with no operating assets. It currently trades at a 54.30% discount to its NAV, and its 20-day MA sigma sits below -2.0.</li>
<li>The pair is currently in a substantial diversion. The passive inflow caused by F&amp;F's KOSPI 200 inclusion appears to have caused a flow imbalance.</li>
<li>F&amp;F is becoming a primary target for KOSPI 200's post-rebalancing shorting events. Then, we can consider using F&amp;F Holdings as a long hedge, in addition to outright shorting for F&amp;F.</li>
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F&amp;F Holdings is a single-subsidiary PURE STUB PLAY with no operating assets. It currently trades at a 54.30% discount to its NAV, and its 20-day MA sigma sits below -2.0.
The pair is currently in a substantial diversion. The passive inflow caused by F&amp;F's KOSPI 200 inclusion appears to have caused a flow imbalance.
F&amp;F is becoming a primary target for KOSPI 200's post-rebalancing shorting events. Then, we can consider using F&amp;F Holdings as a long hedge, in addition to outright shorting for F&amp;F.


Korea Stub Trades: F&F Holdings Pair in a Substantial Diversion with F&F's KOSPI 200 Inclusion

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<li>Since we are currently at a point of two months toward the KOSPI 200 rebalancing, we should start building up positions on stocks with a higher probability among the candidates.</li>
<li>Six additions for position buildups: <strong>F&amp;F (383220 KS), Meritz Fire (000060 KS), SD Biosensor (137310 KS), Iljin Hysolus (271940 KS), Hanil Cement (300720 KS), &amp; K Car (381970 KS)</strong>
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<li>Six deletions for position buildups: <strong>Nexen Tire (002350 KS), Cuckoo Holdings (192400 KS), S&amp;T Motiv (064960 KS), Sk Discovery (006120 KS), Bukwang Pharmaceutical (003000 KS), &amp; Poongsan Corp (103140 KS)</strong>
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</ul>


Since we are currently at a point of two months toward the KOSPI 200 rebalancing, we should start building up positions on stocks with a higher probability among the candidates.
Six additions for position buildups: F&amp;F (383220 KS), Meritz Fire (000060 KS), SD Biosensor (137310 KS), Iljin Hysolus (271940 KS), Hanil Cement (300720 KS), &amp; K Car (381970 KS)

Six deletions for position buildups: Nexen Tire (002350 KS), Cuckoo Holdings (192400 KS), S&amp;T Motiv (064960 KS), Sk Discovery (006120 KS), Bukwang Pharmaceutical (003000 KS), &amp; Poongsan Corp (103140 KS)



KOSPI 200 Rebalancing D-60: Names for Position Buildups

South Korea

F&F Holdings Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets apparel products. The Company produces and markets sports casual clothing, bags, hats, and other accessories. F&F Holdings markets its products primarily throughout Korea with limited overseas.

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F&F Holdings Co (007700 KS)

Aggressive Shorting on Dongwon Industries, Which Has Not Been Noticed as a K200 Deletion

This post presents the shorting opportunity on Dongwon Industries, which will likely be deleted in the KOSPI 200 June review, as its free-float...

Sanghyun Park

Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 2Q 2023

In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023. We highlight 38 pair trades that...

Douglas Kim

Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Spreads Opportunities in 1Q 2023

In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 1Q 2023. We highlight 33 pair trades that...

Douglas Kim

Korea Stub Trades: F&F Holdings Pair in a Substantial Diversion with F&F's KOSPI 200 Inclusion

This post investigates potential stub trade opportunities involving the F&F Holdings pair, generally considered a pure stub play in Korea.

Sanghyun Park

KOSPI 200 Rebalancing D-60: Names for Position Buildups

This post suggests six additions and six deletions that we should consider for position buildups as we are two months away from the KOSPI 200...

Sanghyun Park

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