Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>A potential merger between Nissan Motor and Honda Motor would create the third largest auto group in the world.</li>
<li>If this merger is successful, it could have a short term positive impact on Hyundai Motor since it could result in a reduction of overlapping sales/marketing and production of Nissan.</li>
<li>However, a merger of Honda and Nissan could negatively impact Hyundai Motor over the long term because the merged entity could produce more high quality, price competitive vehicles.</li>
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A potential merger between Nissan Motor and Honda Motor would create the third largest auto group in the world.
If this merger is successful, it could have a short term positive impact on Hyundai Motor since it could result in a reduction of overlapping sales/marketing and production of Nissan.
However, a merger of Honda and Nissan could negatively impact Hyundai Motor over the long term because the merged entity could produce more high quality, price competitive vehicles.


A Potential Merger Between Honda and Nissan - Impact on Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp

Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Unisoc secures US$448M in funding to improve development of 5G chips, highlighting the growing importance of 5G technology in the tech industry.</li><li>India aims to attract more electric vehicle manufacturers by expanding incentives, signaling a push towards sustainable transportation solutions.</li><li>Nvidia collaborates with Thailand on AI despite challenges in the data center ecosystem, showing commitment to advancing AI technology globally.</li></ul>

Unisoc secures US$448M in funding to improve development of 5G chips, highlighting the growing importance of 5G technology in the tech industry.India aims to attract more electric vehicle manufacturers by expanding incentives, signaling a push towards sustainable transportation solutions.Nvidia collaborates with Thailand on AI despite challenges in the data center ecosystem, showing commitment to advancing AI technology globally.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (06-Dec-2024): Unisoc gets $448M to enhance 5G chip development.

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<li>On 27 November, Hyundai Motor (005380 KS) announced that it plans to buy back 1 trillion won worth of its shares (700 billion won to be cancelled).</li>
<li>Trump's aggressive tariff policy has been one of the major factors negatively impacting Hyundai Motor's share price in the past several months. </li>
<li>Hyundai Motor's valuation has become more attractive.  There are also other investments such as its stakes in Boston Dynamics and Hyundai Motor India that could be valued higher. </li>
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On 27 November, Hyundai Motor (005380 KS) announced that it plans to buy back 1 trillion won worth of its shares (700 billion won to be cancelled).
Trump's aggressive tariff policy has been one of the major factors negatively impacting Hyundai Motor's share price in the past several months. 
Hyundai Motor's valuation has become more attractive.  There are also other investments such as its stakes in Boston Dynamics and Hyundai Motor India that could be valued higher. 


Hyundai Motor: Share Buyback of 1 Trillion Won and Trump's Tariffs

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<li>On 28 August, Hyundai Motor announced its Corporate Value Up policies, including a minimum dividend per share this year targeting 10,000 won per share for common shares. </li>
<li>Hyundai Motor plans to implement a shareholder return policy based on a total shareholder return (TSR) of 35% or more from 2025 to 2027.</li>
<li>Hyundai Motor's Corporate Value Up plan of providing TSR of 35% or more from 2025 to 2027 is certainly better than what it provided in the past three years (26%). </li>
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On 28 August, Hyundai Motor announced its Corporate Value Up policies, including a minimum dividend per share this year targeting 10,000 won per share for common shares. 
Hyundai Motor plans to implement a shareholder return policy based on a total shareholder return (TSR) of 35% or more from 2025 to 2027.
Hyundai Motor's Corporate Value Up plan of providing TSR of 35% or more from 2025 to 2027 is certainly better than what it provided in the past three years (26%). 


Hyundai Motor Announces Its Corporate Value Up Policies

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

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<li>The WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of high dividend yield stocks within emerging markets.</li>
<li>The changes at the October rebalance were announced after market close on 4 October with implementation scheduled at the close on 16 October.</li>
<li>There are 241 adds and 208 deletes for the index with an estimated round-trip trade of US$2.5bn. There are many stocks with over 2x ADV to trade.</li>
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The WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of high dividend yield stocks within emerging markets.
The changes at the October rebalance were announced after market close on 4 October with implementation scheduled at the close on 16 October.
There are 241 adds and 208 deletes for the index with an estimated round-trip trade of US$2.5bn. There are many stocks with over 2x ADV to trade.


WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index Rebalance: US$2.5bn Round-Trip Trade

South Korea

Hyundai Motor Company manufactures, sells, and exports passenger cars, trucks, and commercial vehicles. The Company also sells various auto parts and operates auto repair service centers throughout South Korea. Hyundai Motor provides financial services through its subsidiaries.

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Hyundai Motor (005380 KS)

A Potential Merger Between Honda and Nissan - Impact on Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp

In this insight, we discuss the impact of a potential merger between Nissan Motor and Honda Motor which would create one of the largest auto groups...

Douglas Kim

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (06-Dec-2024): Unisoc gets $448M to enhance 5G chip development.

Unisoc secures $448M funding for 5G chip development, India aims to attract EV manufacturers, Nvidia partners with Thailand for AI despite data...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Hyundai Motor Announces Its Corporate Value Up Policies

Hyundai Motor's Corporate Value Up plan of providing TSR of 35% or more from 2025 to 2027 is certainly better than what it provided in the past...

Douglas Kim

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index Rebalance: US$2.5bn Round-Trip Trade

There are 241 adds/208 deletes for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index. The round-trip trade is around US$2.5bn and there are a...

Brian Freitas

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