TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

<div><p>Roblox got sued...thats great news...to us. Says the platform's power is growing. Gamestop intriguing and IAC being IAC. </p></div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>Obex’s fundamental research process is focused on secular change in the TMT and Consumer sectors. We seek to differentiate between fundamental business analysis and security analysis. Before deciding if a security’s pricing and positioning merit a long or short position, we analyze the four pillars of business fundamentals (Secular Factors, TAM, Competitive Advantage, Business Model) in order to determine if this is a “good” or “not so good” opportunity.  </p></div></div></div>

Roblox got sued...thats great news...to us. Says the platform's power is growing. Gamestop intriguing and IAC being IAC. Obex’s fundamental research process is focused on secular change in the TMT and Consumer sectors. We seek to differentiate between fundamental business analysis and security analysis. Before deciding if a security’s pricing and positioning merit a long or short position, we analyze the four pillars of business fundamentals (Secular Factors, TAM, Competitive Advantage, Business Model) in order to determine if this is a “good” or “not so good” opportunity.  

TMT Weekly:  3 Things that Stood Out The Week of 6/11/​​​​​​2021

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Pershing Square Tontine Holdings / Event-Driven

<p><em>An "Everlasting Gobstopper" was a fictional candy from Roald Dahl's children's story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was, according to Willie Wonka - owner of the factory and inventor of its confections - "for children with very little pocket money." The hard candy would change flavours and colours in one's mouth, but it would never shrink to nothingness. It would never disappear. </em></p><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/211/405/original/Everlasting+Gobstopper+Gif1.gif?1622964485" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="211405"></figure></section><hr><p>Today 4 June 2021, at 2:30am E.S.T., <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pershing-square-tontine-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33390:1" rel="noopener">Pershing Square Tontine -A (PSTH US)</a> issued a <a href="https://pstontine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PSTH-Press-Release-6.4.2021.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Press Release</a> describing a complex series of transactions related to the pre-existing Pershing Square (Pershing Square Capital Management or "PSCM") SPAC vehicle (PSTH), <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vivendi-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21076:1" rel="noopener">Vivendi SA (VIV FP)</a> and its unit Universal Music Group ("UMG") which is scheduled to IPO, and a group of follow-on assets.</p><p>Pershing Square listed what was at the time the largest SPAC ever in July 2020 at US$20/share with a drop-dead dead (when PSTH needed to get a deal done) in late July 2022. The SPAC includes a 1/9th warrant with every share, and holders who hold all the way through the prospective business combination without redeeming were going to get a 2/9th warrant (which was called a Tontine Tarrant). In order to live up to their name, Tontine Warrant holders would also receive a pro-rata portion of the forsaken Tontine Warrants left over when some redeemed their SPAC shares. The SPAC also entered into a "Forward Purchase Agreement" with Pershing Square L.P. and Pershing Square International, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pershing-square-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:967:1" rel="noopener">Pershing Square Holdings (PSH NA)</a> whereby the three parties would purchase US$1bn worth of SPAC shares (with one-third Sponsor Warrants attached) at a date no later than the business combination, and they had the option to purchase up to $2bn more of shares (plus 1/3 Sponsor Warrants). The strike price on the Common Shares for the Redeemable Warrants and Tontine Warrants is US$23.00/share. Sponsor Warrants are US$24.00/share (but longer maturity). The total available capital to contribute to such a combination would therefore be up to US$6.45bn. There was a clause allowing Pershing Square to put in more than $3bn if so mutually agreed. Given that PSTH is/was run by PSCM, "agreement" meant "if Bill Ackman wants to."</p><p>There has been a lot of speculation on targets based on the initial idea of it being a "mature unicorn", with most observers concentrating on the word "unicorn" and not "mature" for the Tontine SPAC but Pershing Square head Bill Ackman has given hints in interviews (including <a href="https://youtu.be/sRH8F42yo04" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one video interview</a> with WSJ last month) and observer comments had been, as far as I could tell, way off base with people looking at companies to which Bill Ackman would likely be loathe to attach his name. </p><p>The <em>promise</em> of Tontine Holdings was that it would be a large pot of capital which would "solve the seller's problem." It would also be "iconic" and the S-1 described the acquisition criteria (which effectively meant a bunch of the possible candidates bandied about were never really candidates):</p><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/211/174/original/Screenshot+2021-06-04+at+5.24.47+PM.png?1622798725" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="211174"></figure></section><p>Point #1 probably ruled out an internet growth company. Point #6 suggested it needed to be $15-20bn in market cap. Point #1 and Point#3-4 together suggested a mature cash-flow generative business which could grow. If Thomson Reuters had been for sale, one could have imagined that. There was speculation, quickly denied, that Bloomberg could be the target, but those businesses seem a bit disrupt-able. When I thought of "set-it-and-forget-it" businesses which needed to IPO, I thought of UMG, the Sony-EMI Music Publishing business, or a carveout food products business, because Bill Ackman loves his packaged food products. But I couldn't personally come up with one where I thought that Bill Ackman's structure could "solve a problem" which needed to be solved by Bill Ackman and not public markets. </p><p>This is a complicated transaction. It seems <em>unnecessarily</em> complicated as so far described. While Bill Ackman is a consummate salesman - everything he has ever invested in as been good for the world if you listen to him - so one has to take what he says with a grain of salt. My first look at the structure suggests that some of the "complexity" involved as discussed in the WSJ interview is due to Bill Ackman solving for Bill Ackman's problems, not Bill Ackman solving for the Seller's Problems. </p><p>Below the fold I break down the complexity, and the payoff structure for holders of PSTH and how that could work going forward. </p>

An "Everlasting Gobstopper" was a fictional candy from Roald Dahl's children's story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was, according to Willie Wonka - owner of the factory and inventor of its confections - "for children with very little pocket money." The hard candy would change flavours and colours in one's mouth, but it would never shrink to nothingness. It would never disappear. Today 4 June 2021, at 2:30am E.S.T., Pershing Square Tontine -A (PSTH US) issued a Press Release describing a complex series of transactions related to the pre-existing Pershing Square (Pershing Square Capital Management or "PSCM") SPAC vehicle (PSTH), Vivendi SA (VIV FP) and its unit Universal Music Group ("UMG") which is scheduled to IPO, and a group of follow-on assets.Pershing Square listed what was at the time the largest SPAC ever in July 2020 at US$20/share with a drop-dead dead (when PSTH needed to get a deal done) in late July 2022. The SPAC includes a 1/9th warrant with every share, and holders who hold all the way through the prospective business combination without redeeming were going to get a 2/9th warrant (which was called a Tontine Tarrant). In order to live up to their name, Tontine Warrant holders would also receive a pro-rata portion of the forsaken Tontine Warrants left over when some redeemed their SPAC shares. The SPAC also entered into a "Forward Purchase Agreement" with Pershing Square L.P. and Pershing Square International, and Pershing Square Holdings (PSH NA) whereby the three parties would purchase US$1bn worth of SPAC shares (with one-third Sponsor Warrants attached) at a date no later than the business combination, and they had the option to purchase up to $2bn more of shares (plus 1/3 Sponsor Warrants). The strike price on the Common Shares for the Redeemable Warrants and Tontine Warrants is US$23.00/share. Sponsor Warrants are US$24.00/share (but longer maturity). The total available capital to contribute to such a combination would therefore be up to US$6.45bn. There was a clause allowing Pershing Square to put in more than $3bn if so mutually agreed. Given that PSTH is/was run by PSCM, "agreement" meant "if Bill Ackman wants to."There has been a lot of speculation on targets based on the initial idea of it being a "mature unicorn", with most observers concentrating on the word "unicorn" and not "mature" for the Tontine SPAC but Pershing Square head Bill Ackman has given hints in interviews (including one video interview with WSJ last month) and observer comments had been, as far as I could tell, way off base with people looking at companies to which Bill Ackman would likely be loathe to attach his name. The promise of Tontine Holdings was that it would be a large pot of capital which would "solve the seller's problem." It would also be "iconic" and the S-1 described the acquisition criteria (which effectively meant a bunch of the possible candidates bandied about were never really candidates):Point #1 probably ruled out an internet growth company. Point #6 suggested it needed to be $15-20bn in market cap. Point #1 and Point#3-4 together suggested a mature cash-flow generative business which could grow. If Thomson Reuters had been for sale, one could have imagined that. There was speculation, quickly denied, that Bloomberg could be the target, but those businesses seem a bit disrupt-able. When I thought of "set-it-and-forget-it" businesses which needed to IPO, I thought of UMG, the Sony-EMI Music Publishing business, or a carveout food products business, because Bill Ackman loves his packaged food products. But I couldn't personally come up with one where I thought that Bill Ackman's structure could "solve a problem" which needed to be solved by Bill Ackman and not public markets. This is a complicated transaction. It seems unnecessarily complicated as so far described. While Bill Ackman is a consummate salesman - everything he has ever invested in as been good for the world if you listen to him - so one has to take what he says with a grain of salt. My first look at the structure suggests that some of the "complexity" involved as discussed in the WSJ interview is due to Bill Ackman solving for Bill Ackman's problems, not Bill Ackman solving for the Seller's Problems. Below the fold I break down the complexity, and the payoff structure for holders of PSTH and how that could work going forward. 

Pershing Square (PSTH) Turns a Tontine to an Everlasting Gobstopper

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

Futu Holdings Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/27858" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27858:1" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings Ltd (FHL US)</a> aims to raise around US$1.7bn to support its margin financing and other businesses.</p>
<p>We covered the previous placement which took place in Aug 2020 in:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/futu-holdings-placement-riding-high-on-momentum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings Placement - Riding High on Momentum</a></p>
</div><div><p>We also covered the company's IPO in 2019: </p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/futu-holdings-pre-ipo-great-metrics-but-in-a-commoditised-industry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings Pre-IPO - Great Metrics but in a Commoditised Industry</a>, </li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/futu-holdings-pre-ipo-fy18-updates-and-quick-thoughts-on-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings Pre-IPO - FY18 Updates And Quick Thoughts on Valuation</a>,</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/futu-holdings-ipo-given-the-team-execution-and-backers-might-be-worth-a-look-at-the-low-end" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings IPO - Given the Team, Execution, and Backers, Might Be Worth a Look at the Low-End</a>, and</li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/futu-holdings-ipo-quick-note-comparison-with-tiger-brokers-same-market-different-economics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings IPO Quick Note - Comparison with Tiger Brokers - Same Market, Different Economics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/futu-holdings-ipo-trading-update-might-be-trading-a-little-too-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings IPO Trading Update - Might Be Trading a Little Too High</a></li>
</ul></div><div><p>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics.</p></div>


Futu Holdings Ltd (FHL US) aims to raise around US$1.7bn to support its margin financing and other businesses.
We covered the previous placement which took place in Aug 2020 in:
Futu Holdings Placement - Riding High on Momentum
We also covered the company's IPO in 2019: 

Futu Holdings Pre-IPO - Great Metrics but in a Commoditised Industry, 

Futu Holdings Pre-IPO - FY18 Updates And Quick Thoughts on Valuation,

Futu Holdings IPO - Given the Team, Execution, and Backers, Might Be Worth a Look at the Low-End, and
Futu Holdings IPO Quick Note - Comparison with Tiger Brokers - Same Market, Different Economics
Futu Holdings IPO Trading Update - Might Be Trading a Little Too High
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics.

Futu Holdings Placement - Very Strong Momentum but Previous Deal Did Nothing

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Quantitative Analysis

<div><p>The Asia Short Interest weekly looks at moves in market wide short interest and highlights movements in stock specific short interest across Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan using the last available data published by the relevant authorities.</p></div><div><p>Hong Kong saw shorts rise on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cathay-pacific-airways-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:243:1" rel="noopener">Cathay Pacific Airways (293 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/postal-savings-bank-of-china" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22848:1" rel="noopener">Postal Savings Bank of China (1658 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-international-capital-corporation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1071:1" rel="noopener">China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Holdings (700 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/citic-securities-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:463:1" rel="noopener">Citic Securities (H) (6030 HK)</a> while there was short covering on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/byd-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20962:1" rel="noopener">BYD (1211 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cnooc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:175:1" rel="noopener">CNOOC Ltd (883 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group (9988 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec-co-ltd-bf4a1265-beef-48b6-b82d-29308426030f" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27795:1" rel="noopener">WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd. (2359 HK)</a>. Shorts increased on Financials, while decreasing on Consumer Discretionary, Health Care, Information Technology, Consumer Staples and Energy.</p></div><div><p>In Japan, stocks that saw the most shorts were <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/net-one-systems-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1279:1" rel="noopener">Net One Systems (7518 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freee-kk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28424:1" rel="noopener">freee (4478 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/canon-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1:1" rel="noopener">Canon Inc (7751 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/monotaro-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15441:1" rel="noopener">MonotaRO Co Ltd (3064 JP)</a> while shorts decreased on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bandai-namco-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13435:1" rel="noopener">Bandai Namco Holdings (7832 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anritsu-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3700:1" rel="noopener">Anritsu Corp (6754 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/square-enix-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15003:1" rel="noopener">Square Enix Holdings (9684 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yamato-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2:1" rel="noopener">Yamato Holdings (9064 JP)</a>. Sectorally, shorts decreased in almost all sectors led by Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Information Technology.</p></div><div><p>In Korea, there was large short covering in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/celltrion-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:991:1" rel="noopener">Celltrion Inc (068270 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hlb-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16969:1" rel="noopener">HLB Inc (028300 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/celltrion-healthcare" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23641:1" rel="noopener">Celltrion Healthcare (091990 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/netmarble-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22839:1" rel="noopener">Netmarble Corporation (251270 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pearl-abyss-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24391:1" rel="noopener">Pearl Abyss (263750 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kmw-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2834:1" rel="noopener">KMW Co Ltd (032500 KS)</a> as the most shorted stocks were covered. </p></div><div><p>Stocks in Taiwan that saw the highest increase in shorts were <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11230:1" rel="noopener">TSMC (2330 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fitipower-integrated-tech" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8712:1" rel="noopener">Fitipower Integrated Tech (4961 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chunghwa-telecom-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9181:1" rel="noopener">Chunghwa Telecom (2412 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/novatek-microelectronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10904:1" rel="noopener">Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT)</a> while shorts were covered on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/au-optronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6704:1" rel="noopener">Au Optronics (2409 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pegatron-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12852:1" rel="noopener">Pegatron Corp (4938 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/realtek-semiconductor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7326:1" rel="noopener">Realtek Semiconductor (2379 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/innolux-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4509:1" rel="noopener">Innolux Corp (3481 TT)</a>. </p></div>

The Asia Short Interest weekly looks at moves in market wide short interest and highlights movements in stock specific short interest across Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan using the last available data published by the relevant authorities.Hong Kong saw shorts rise on Cathay Pacific Airways (293 HK), Postal Savings Bank of China (1658 HK), China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK), Tencent Holdings (700 HK) and Citic Securities (H) (6030 HK) while there was short covering on BYD (1211 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), CNOOC Ltd (883 HK), Alibaba Group (9988 HK) and WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd. (2359 HK). Shorts increased on Financials, while decreasing on Consumer Discretionary, Health Care, Information Technology, Consumer Staples and Energy.In Japan, stocks that saw the most shorts were Net One Systems (7518 JP), freee (4478 JP), Canon Inc (7751 JP) and MonotaRO Co Ltd (3064 JP) while shorts decreased on Bandai Namco Holdings (7832 JP), Anritsu Corp (6754 JP), Square Enix Holdings (9684 JP) and Yamato Holdings (9064 JP). Sectorally, shorts decreased in almost all sectors led by Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Information Technology.In Korea, there was large short covering in Celltrion Inc (068270 KS), HLB Inc (028300 KS), Celltrion Healthcare (091990 KS), Netmarble Corporation (251270 KS), Pearl Abyss (263750 KS) and KMW Co Ltd (032500 KS) as the most shorted stocks were covered. Stocks in Taiwan that saw the highest increase in shorts were TSMC (2330 TT), Fitipower Integrated Tech (4961 TT), Chunghwa Telecom (2412 TT) and Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT) while shorts were covered on Au Optronics (2409 TT), Pegatron Corp (4938 TT), Realtek Semiconductor (2379 TT) and Innolux Corp (3481 TT). 

Asia Short Interest: Cathay, PSBC, BYD, CNOOC, Bandai Namco, Anritsu, Celltrion, HLB, Fitipower

<p>The short sell ban in Korea that was instated on 16 March 2020 is set to expire on 15 March.</p><p>However, with mayoral elections in Seoul and Busan around the corner, politicians are said to be leaning on the FSC to extend the short sell ban. Add to that the retail outrage - from petitions to the Blue House, bus tours, and posts on K-Streetbets of targeting stocks with high short interest.</p><p>There is a high likelihood that the short sell ban gets extended by three more months to tide the politicians over the mayoral elections.</p><p>In the event that the short sell ban expires, we highlight stocks that have seen the most short covering since the start of the short sell ban, stocks with high short interest as a percentage of market cap and free float, and high days of ADV to cover.</p><p>This will have implications for many strategies and will open the door to trade the ordinaries vs preferred shares, long/short and other related strategies.</p>

The short sell ban in Korea that was instated on 16 March 2020 is set to expire on 15 March.However, with mayoral elections in Seoul and Busan around the corner, politicians are said to be leaning on the FSC to extend the short sell ban. Add to that the retail outrage - from petitions to the Blue House, bus tours, and posts on K-Streetbets of targeting stocks with high short interest.There is a high likelihood that the short sell ban gets extended by three more months to tide the politicians over the mayoral elections.In the event that the short sell ban expires, we highlight stocks that have seen the most short covering since the start of the short sell ban, stocks with high short interest as a percentage of market cap and free float, and high days of ADV to cover.This will have implications for many strategies and will open the door to trade the ordinaries vs preferred shares, long/short and other related strategies.

Korea Short Sell Ban: Elections, Public Outrage, Bus Tours, Blue House Petitions, K-Streetbets

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TMT Weekly: 3 Things that Stood Out The Week of 6/11/2021

Three items that stood out last week to us in TMT...the most interesting was a lawsuit by music publishers against Roblox, signaling the importance...

Aaron Gabin

Pershing Square (PSTH) Turns a Tontine to an Everlasting Gobstopper

Pershing Square Tontine Holdings is in talks to own 10% of Universal Music Group. The Transaction is complex, with future optionality for PSTH...

Travis Lundy

Futu Holdings Placement - Very Strong Momentum but Previous Deal Did Nothing

Futu Holdings Ltd (FHL US) aims to raise around US$1.7bn to support its margin financing and other businesses. In this note we will talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Asia Short Interest: Cathay, PSBC, BYD, CNOOC, Bandai Namco, Anritsu, Celltrion, HLB, Fitipower

The Insight looks at large short interest movements across HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan stocks and highlights large increases/decreases in shorts to...

Brian Freitas

Korea Short Sell Ban: Elections, Public Outrage, Bus Tours, Blue House Petitions, K-Streetbets

With the short sell ban in Korea scheduled to expire 15 March, we look at stocks that have seen the most short covering since the start of the ban,...

Brian Freitas

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TMT Weekly: 3 Things that Stood Out The Week of 6/11/​​​​​​2021

Three items that stood out last week to us in TMT...the most interesting was a lawsuit by music publishers against Roblox, signaling the importance...

Aaron Gabin

Pershing Square (PSTH) Turns a Tontine to an Everlasting Gobstopper

Pershing Square Tontine Holdings is in talks to own 10% of Universal Music Group. The Transaction is complex, with future optionality for PSTH...

Travis Lundy

Futu Holdings Placement - Very Strong Momentum but Previous Deal Did Nothing

Futu Holdings Ltd (FHL US) aims to raise around US$1.7bn to support its margin financing and other businesses. In this note we will talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Asia Short Interest: Cathay, PSBC, BYD, CNOOC, Bandai Namco, Anritsu, Celltrion, HLB, Fitipower

The Insight looks at large short interest movements across HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan stocks and highlights large increases/decreases in shorts to...

Brian Freitas

Korea Short Sell Ban: Elections, Public Outrage, Bus Tours, Blue House Petitions, K-Streetbets

With the short sell ban in Korea scheduled to expire 15 March, we look at stocks that have seen the most short covering since the start of the ban,...

Brian Freitas

TMT Weekly: 3 Things that Stood Out The Week of 6/11/2021