JAPAN DELTA V - MOAR Meaningful March-End Div Trade Data
As discussed in JAPAN DELTA III - The Annual TOPIX Dividend Trade, the absolute returns on these days show significant divergence around the...
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Hitachi Chem Tender Launch Will Make Arbs Happy
In early December, Hitachi Ltd (6501 JP) and Showa Denko K K (4004 JP) offered a press release to say that the two had agreed on exclusive...
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Coronavirus QE, the BOJ, and ETF Buying
After the worst week in US equity markets in a long time, with sharply rising equity volatility causing risk parity funds and their ilk to shed...
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Smartkarma Originals
A Potential Asian LBO Screening System
With a relatively full slate of large value takeovers in Developed Asia in the past year - often by parents but also by buyout funds - and the...
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Hitachi Chemicals – Is Antitrust a Concern?
This morning the Nikkei reported that Showa Denko’s tender offer for Hitachi Chemical would be delayed into March or later due to delays obtaining...
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