Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Naver plans to launch its own Korean version of ChatGPT in 1H 2023.</li>
<li>We believe that this will act as an important catalyst that is likely to further fuel Naver's share price higher. </li>
<li>Naver has been our high conviction call in 2023 and we continue to have a Positive view of Naver. </li>
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Naver plans to launch its own Korean version of ChatGPT in 1H 2023.
We believe that this will act as an important catalyst that is likely to further fuel Naver's share price higher. 
Naver has been our high conviction call in 2023 and we continue to have a Positive view of Naver. 


Naver (2023 High Conviction Update): Turbo-Charged by Expected Launch of Korean Version of ChatGPT

Event-Driven

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<li>On 7 February, it was announced that SM Entertainment will conduct a third party rights offering and CB issue to Kakao Corp.</li>
<li>Post these deals, Kakao Corp will own a 9.05% stake in SM Entertainment.</li>
<li>The rights offering and the CB issue have all the hallmarks of an intermediate deal prior to an eventual takeover of SM Entertainment by the Kakao Group.</li>
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On 7 February, it was announced that SM Entertainment will conduct a third party rights offering and CB issue to Kakao Corp.
Post these deals, Kakao Corp will own a 9.05% stake in SM Entertainment.
The rights offering and the CB issue have all the hallmarks of an intermediate deal prior to an eventual takeover of SM Entertainment by the Kakao Group.


SM Entertainment: A Rights Offering & CB Issue to Kakao Corp

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<li>Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. </li>
<li>Konan Technology's share price is up more than 4x this year. We would not chase the stock at current levels. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. </li>
<li>Four large Korean companies that could be long-term winners in AI space in Korea include Naver, Kakao Corp, SK Telecom, and KT Corp. SK Telecom owns 20.8% of Konan Technology. </li>
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Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. 
Konan Technology's share price is up more than 4x this year. We would not chase the stock at current levels. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. 
Four large Korean companies that could be long-term winners in AI space in Korea include Naver, Kakao Corp, SK Telecom, and KT Corp. SK Telecom owns 20.8% of Konan Technology. 


Konan Technology: Surging Share Price Due to Global Interest in Chat GPT AI

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

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>While the holiday shortened week didn't see much action in Asia, but there was one more ADR filing in the US, adding to the mini-pipeline.</li>
<li>Adani's ongoing FPO was the only live deal this week, although it had enough drama to make up for the lack of other deals.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
While the holiday shortened week didn't see much action in Asia, but there was one more ADR filing in the US, adding to the mini-pipeline.
Adani's ongoing FPO was the only live deal this week, although it had enough drama to make up for the lack of other deals.


ECM Weekly (29th Jan 2023) - Adani, Oasis, Mankind Pharma, ZJLD, India IPO Bookrunners

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<li>On 20 January, SM Entertainment announced that Lee Chang-Hwan, the CEO of Align Partners Capital will join the company as a board member. </li>
<li>This will mark one of the first cases of an activist investor becoming a board member of a Korean company which already has a major shareholder.</li>
<li>We believe that Lee Chang-Hwan (CEO of APCM) joining SM Entertainment as a board member will have a positive impact on the company to meaningfully improve its corporate governance.</li>
</ul>


On 20 January, SM Entertainment announced that Lee Chang-Hwan, the CEO of Align Partners Capital will join the company as a board member. 
This will mark one of the first cases of an activist investor becoming a board member of a Korean company which already has a major shareholder.
We believe that Lee Chang-Hwan (CEO of APCM) joining SM Entertainment as a board member will have a positive impact on the company to meaningfully improve its corporate governance.


Align Partners' Lee Chang-Hwan Joins SM Entertainment as a Board Member

South Korea

Kakao Corp. provides Internet portal services such as news, free e-mail, and leisure information.  The Company also offers cross-platform mobile messaging application that allows users to exchange messages.

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Naver (2023 High Conviction Update): Turbo-Charged by Expected Launch of Korean Version of ChatGPT

Naver plans to launch its own Korean version of ChatGPT in 1H 2023. We believe that this will act as an important catalyst that is likely to...

Douglas Kim

SM Entertainment: A Rights Offering & CB Issue to Kakao Corp

On 7 February, it was announced that SM Entertainment will conduct a third party rights offering and CB issue to Kakao Corp. Post these deals,...

Douglas Kim

ECM Weekly (29th Jan 2023) - Adani, Oasis, Mankind Pharma, ZJLD, India IPO Bookrunners

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Align Partners' Lee Chang-Hwan Joins SM Entertainment as a Board Member

We believe that Lee Chang-Hwan (CEO of APCM) joining SM Entertainment as a board member will have a positive impact on the company to meaningfully...

Douglas Kim

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Naver (2023 High Conviction Update): Turbo-Charged by Expected Launch of Korean Version of ChatGPT

Naver plans to launch its own Korean version of ChatGPT in 1H 2023. We believe that this will act as an important catalyst that is likely to...

Douglas Kim

SM Entertainment: A Rights Offering & CB Issue to Kakao Corp

On 7 February, it was announced that SM Entertainment will conduct a third party rights offering and CB issue to Kakao Corp. Post these deals,...

Douglas Kim

Konan Technology: Surging Share Price Due to Global Interest in Chat GPT AI

Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. We would not chase...

Douglas Kim

ECM Weekly (29th Jan 2023) - Adani, Oasis, Mankind Pharma, ZJLD, India IPO Bookrunners

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Align Partners' Lee Chang-Hwan Joins SM Entertainment as a Board Member

We believe that Lee Chang-Hwan (CEO of APCM) joining SM Entertainment as a board member will have a positive impact on the company to meaningfully...

Douglas Kim