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

Kepco Plant Service & Engineering / Event-Driven

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<li>Nuclear power is a landmark policy that Korea's current administration heavily pushes. In response, the local market has quickly launched nuclear thematic ETFs: KINDEX &amp; HANARO, which got listed today.</li>
<li>Nuclear power is likely to become the next big thing, AUM-wise, similar to the secondary battery-themed ETFs under the former administration.</li>
<li>Since most of these nuclear stocks have significantly smaller market caps than those battery ones, the actual flow impact is likely to be more significant.</li>
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Nuclear power is a landmark policy that Korea's current administration heavily pushes. In response, the local market has quickly launched nuclear thematic ETFs: KINDEX &amp; HANARO, which got listed today.
Nuclear power is likely to become the next big thing, AUM-wise, similar to the secondary battery-themed ETFs under the former administration.
Since most of these nuclear stocks have significantly smaller market caps than those battery ones, the actual flow impact is likely to be more significant.


Two Nuclear ETFs Listed Today (KINDEX & HANARO): Passive Flow Outlook

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>In 2025, the NPS could purchase significant amounts of Korean stocks (at least 25 trillion won) which could act as support in the domestic stock market. </li>
<li>At the end of September 2024, NPS's domestic stock portfolio was 12.7% of its total assets, a 2.2% lower than NPS's domestic stocks target at the end of 2025 (14.9%).</li>
<li>The top five net purchases by the NPS and local pension funds of Korean stocks in the past one month include Samsung Electronics, Kakao, SK Innovation, Hyundai Motor, and SEMCO.</li>
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In 2025, the NPS could purchase significant amounts of Korean stocks (at least 25 trillion won) which could act as support in the domestic stock market. 
At the end of September 2024, NPS's domestic stock portfolio was 12.7% of its total assets, a 2.2% lower than NPS's domestic stocks target at the end of 2025 (14.9%).
The top five net purchases by the NPS and local pension funds of Korean stocks in the past one month include Samsung Electronics, Kakao, SK Innovation, Hyundai Motor, and SEMCO.


NPS: Portfolio Rebalance Could Lead to Buying At Least 25 Trillion Won in Korean Stocks in 2025

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jul 26th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.5bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Shinhan Financia, Amorepacific, Kb Financial, Hana Financial, Skc, Posco.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jul 26th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.5bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Shinhan Financia, Amorepacific, Kb Financial, Hana Financial, Skc, Posco.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jul 26th): Shinhan Financia, Amorepacific, Kb Financial, Skc, Posco

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jul 19th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.8bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Doosan Enerbility (034020 KS).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jul 19th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.8bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Doosan Enerbility (034020 KS).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jul 19th): Doosan Enerbility

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The Czech Republic government is in the final stages of selecting companies to build four nuclear power plants which could cost nearly US$30 billion.</li>
<li>A Korean consortium including KHNP, Doosan Enerbility, KEPCO E&amp;C, and Daewoo E&amp;C is competing mainly against EDF, a French government owned electric utility company. </li>
<li>If the KHNP consortium is able to win this new order, Doosan Enerbility will be a key beneficiary as it will supply the nuclear reactors and steam generators.</li>
</ul>


The Czech Republic government is in the final stages of selecting companies to build four nuclear power plants which could cost nearly US$30 billion.
A Korean consortium including KHNP, Doosan Enerbility, KEPCO E&amp;C, and Daewoo E&amp;C is competing mainly against EDF, a French government owned electric utility company. 
If the KHNP consortium is able to win this new order, Doosan Enerbility will be a key beneficiary as it will supply the nuclear reactors and steam generators.


Doosan Enerbility: A Key Beneficiary of Potential Nuclear Power Projects Win in the Czech Republic

South Korea

KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company, Inc. designs nuclear and conventionally-fueled electricity generating plants.  The Company also provides power plant engineering services and consulting services to power industry.

Kepco Engineering & Construction (052690 KS)

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Kepco Engineering & Construction (052690 KS)

Two Nuclear ETFs Listed Today (KINDEX & HANARO): Passive Flow Outlook

This post details Korea's two local nuclear thematic ETFs, which made their market debut today. And it examines their passive flow outlook and the...

Sanghyun Park

NPS: Portfolio Rebalance Could Lead to Buying At Least 25 Trillion Won in Korean Stocks in 2025

In 2025, the NPS could purchase significant amounts of Korean stocks (at least 25 trillion won) which could act as support in the domestic stock...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jul 26th): Shinhan Financia, Amorepacific, Kb Financial, Skc, Posco

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shinhan Financia, Amorepacific, Kb Financial,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jul 19th): Doosan Enerbility

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Doosan Enerbility (034020 KS).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Doosan Enerbility: A Key Beneficiary of Potential Nuclear Power Projects Win in the Czech Republic

On 17 July, the Czech government announced that it picked South Korea consortium to build two new nuclear power units with the possibility of more,...

Douglas Kim

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