Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023.</li>
<li>Of the 38 pair trades, 21 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 17 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
<li>We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
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In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023.
Of the 38 pair trades, 21 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 17 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.
We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 2Q 2023

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

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<li>Samsung SDI and LG Chem are expected to be newly included in the index, while Hana Financial and KT&amp;G Corporation are predicted to be excluded.</li>
<li>The correlation between the price movement and the flow direction on the rebalancing trading day of constituent changes from the past reviews was quite high.</li>
<li>We can set the price impact expectation for the upcoming review even more aggressively, given that the size of the flow x DTV is more significant than in previous cases.</li>
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Samsung SDI and LG Chem are expected to be newly included in the index, while Hana Financial and KT&amp;G Corporation are predicted to be excluded.
The correlation between the price movement and the flow direction on the rebalancing trading day of constituent changes from the past reviews was quite high.
We can set the price impact expectation for the upcoming review even more aggressively, given that the size of the flow x DTV is more significant than in previous cases.


Price/Flow Impact on Four Constituent Changes in KODEX Top 5 Plus ETF Rebalancing in June

Solus Advanced Materials / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We believe the following three catalysts will likely drive share price of Solus Advanced Materials' continued outperformance relative to the market this year. </li>
<li>They include the sale of Solus Biotech, improved control of its operating costs, and rapid increase in capacity for copper foil.</li>
<li>The company has already secured strong order backlog from customers including LG Energy Solution, Tesla Motors, and SK On.</li>
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We believe the following three catalysts will likely drive share price of Solus Advanced Materials' continued outperformance relative to the market this year. 
They include the sale of Solus Biotech, improved control of its operating costs, and rapid increase in capacity for copper foil.
The company has already secured strong order backlog from customers including LG Energy Solution, Tesla Motors, and SK On.


Solus Advanced Materials: Key Catalysts to Continue Its Outperformance in 2023

Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF / Event-Driven

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<li>LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI will remain in the index as top stocks of pack makers, respectively. Ecopro BM will almost certainly replace L&amp;F in the category of Cathode.</li>
<li>SK IE Technology will newly join the index with Separator's top stock. On the other hand, Lotte Energy Materials and SKC are unlikely to be included.</li>
<li>This event can be a critical inflection point in predicting the counter-flow for short positions against Ecopro BM and L&amp;F in advance.</li>
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LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI will remain in the index as top stocks of pack makers, respectively. Ecopro BM will almost certainly replace L&amp;F in the category of Cathode.
SK IE Technology will newly join the index with Separator's top stock. On the other hand, Lotte Energy Materials and SKC are unlikely to be included.
This event can be a critical inflection point in predicting the counter-flow for short positions against Ecopro BM and L&amp;F in advance.


Pre-Positioning Targeting Solactive Global Lithium Index's October Rebalancing

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

<ul>
<li>Lithium play <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/liontown-resources-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20488:1" rel="noopener">Liontown Resources (LTR AU)</a></strong> has now thrice rejected <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/albemarle-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7678:1" rel="noopener">Albemarle Corp (ALB US)</a></strong>'s proposals. </li>
<li>Liontown has labeled Albermarle's third bid of A$2.50/share as opportunistic. </li>
<li>Albemarle has picked up 2.2% in Liontown. But that is dwarfed by Tim Goyder's (chairman)'s 15% stake, who is not engaged at the current bid price. </li>
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Lithium play Liontown Resources (LTR AU) has now thrice rejected Albemarle Corp (ALB US)'s proposals. 
Liontown has labeled Albermarle's third bid of A$2.50/share as opportunistic. 
Albemarle has picked up 2.2% in Liontown. But that is dwarfed by Tim Goyder's (chairman)'s 15% stake, who is not engaged at the current bid price. 


Liontown (LTR AU) Rejects Albemarle's Advances

South Korea

LG Energy Solution produces and sells batteries. The Company manufactures and sells automobile batteries, small batteries, energy storage system batteries, and other products. LG Energy Solution markets its products worldwide.

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LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)

Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 2Q 2023

In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 2Q 2023. We highlight 38 pair trades that...

Douglas Kim

Price/Flow Impact on Four Constituent Changes in KODEX Top 5 Plus ETF Rebalancing in June

This post presents a Long Short basket trade idea on the four potential constituent changes in the KODEX Top 5 Plus TR ETF rebalancing in June.

Sanghyun Park

Solus Advanced Materials: Key Catalysts to Continue Its Outperformance in 2023

In this insight, we discuss the three main catalysts that will likely drive Solus Advanced Materials' stock price continuing to outperform relative...

Douglas Kim

Pre-Positioning Targeting Solactive Global Lithium Index's October Rebalancing

This post investigates several pre-positioning angles for passive flow trading and counter-attack flow against short positions with Solactive...

Sanghyun Park

Liontown (LTR AU) Rejects Albemarle's Advances

What is "fair" is highly subjective, given volatile lithium prices, EV demand, and general sentiment. But I couldn't recommend chasing it here. ...

David Blennerhassett

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