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

Samsung Electronics Pref Shares / Event-Driven

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 Korean prefs have outperformed ords on a YTD basis, probably due to the LG Energy listing. Many of KOSPI's large-cap stocks have seen an outflow to make room for LGES.</li>
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Samsung Electronics 1P and Mirae Asset 2PB have a negative pref-ord YTD yield difference and are currently below-1.0σ on a 20-day MA.</li>
<li>Mirae widened the pref-ord spread by announcing an ord-only share buyback. So it should be seen as an outlier. Then, virtually all that remains is the Samsung Electronics 1P.</li>
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 Korean prefs have outperformed ords on a YTD basis, probably due to the LG Energy listing. Many of KOSPI's large-cap stocks have seen an outflow to make room for LGES.

Samsung Electronics 1P and Mirae Asset 2PB have a negative pref-ord YTD yield difference and are currently below-1.0σ on a 20-day MA.
Mirae widened the pref-ord spread by announcing an ord-only share buyback. So it should be seen as an outlier. Then, virtually all that remains is the Samsung Electronics 1P.


Korea Large-Cap Prefs: Pref-Ord YTD Yield Difference & 20-Day MA Sigma

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

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<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>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> made a strong debut, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-engineering-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33008:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS)</a> cancelled its listing plans.</li>
<li>There were no major placements this week given the market volatility and upcoming CNY holidays.</li>
</ul>


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

LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) made a strong debut, while Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS) cancelled its listing plans.
There were no major placements this week given the market volatility and upcoming CNY holidays.


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Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory, ROK Advisory LLC

Ken S. Kim

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory

ROK Advisory LLC

ROK is an independent research advisory firm. We guide you to minimize the information gap between foreign and local investors in Northeast Asia with a focus in Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

Independent Research Advisory Firm

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a> was rather stingy with their capital returns after a stellar 2021</li>
<li>The longer term capital commitment plan of its 2 largest holdings gives a higher indication that M&amp;A should be coming</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a> account for nearly 30% of KOSPI weight.  Talk about big fish small puddle</li>
</ul>



Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) was rather stingy with their capital returns after a stellar 2021
The longer term capital commitment plan of its 2 largest holdings gives a higher indication that M&amp;A should be coming

LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) and Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) account for nearly 30% of KOSPI weight.  Talk about big fish small puddle


Will Samsung Get EV Envy from LG Energy Solution Listing?

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

<ul>
<li>Korean EV battery unit play <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> briefly doubled on its debut yesterday before closing 65.8% higher. </li>
<li>Following that gain, LG Energy is now the second-largest company in KOSPI after <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a>.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-chem-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3583:1" rel="noopener">LG Chem Ltd (051910 KS)</a> has given back all its gains from earlier this month, and currently trades at ~60% discount to NAV. </li>
</ul>


Korean EV battery unit play LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) briefly doubled on its debut yesterday before closing 65.8% higher. 
Following that gain, LG Energy is now the second-largest company in KOSPI after Samsung Electronics (005930 KS).

LG Chem Ltd (051910 KS) has given back all its gains from earlier this month, and currently trades at ~60% discount to NAV. 


LG Chem: Still Cheap After LG Energy's Big Debut

<ul>
<li>The LG Energy listing will likely distort the overall market flow. One is replacement trading with LG Chem in the local battery ETFs.
</li>
<li>One sure thing is that KODEX and TIGER will do this replacement trading. And these ETF operators will reportedly conduct it for three trading days from February 9-11. 
</li>
<li>LG Chem has recently undergone a significant share price correction, this amount of passive outflow is highly likely to directly impact share price movement during the 3-day rebalancing trading window. 
</li>
</ul>


The LG Energy listing will likely distort the overall market flow. One is replacement trading with LG Chem in the local battery ETFs.

One sure thing is that KODEX and TIGER will do this replacement trading. And these ETF operators will reportedly conduct it for three trading days from February 9-11. 

LG Chem has recently undergone a significant share price correction, this amount of passive outflow is highly likely to directly impact share price movement during the 3-day rebalancing trading window. 



South Korea

LG Chem Ltd. is a chemical manufacturer. The Company's products include petrochemicals, plastic resins, and engineering plastics. LG Chem also produces industrial and electronic materials.

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