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 Aug 9th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.1bn.</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 Celltrion, Sk Hynix, Samsung Heavy Industries, L&amp;F, Posco.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Aug 9th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.1bn.
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 Celltrion, Sk Hynix, Samsung Heavy Industries, L&amp;F, Posco.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 9th): Celltrion, Sk Hynix, Samsung Heavy Industries, L&F, Posco

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>SK Innovation is considering on using its treasury shares to inject capital into its EV battery making subsidiary SK On. </li>
<li>The appraisal rights exercise price is 111,943 won per share (15% higher than current price). Many minority shareholders are likely to exercise their appraisal rights in SK Innovation.</li>
<li>We remain Bearish on SK Innovation. We continue to be negative on the SK Innovation and SK E&amp;S merger. Plus, we are concerned about the continued weakness at SK On. </li>
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SK Innovation is considering on using its treasury shares to inject capital into its EV battery making subsidiary SK On. 
The appraisal rights exercise price is 111,943 won per share (15% higher than current price). Many minority shareholders are likely to exercise their appraisal rights in SK Innovation.
We remain Bearish on SK Innovation. We continue to be negative on the SK Innovation and SK E&amp;S merger. Plus, we are concerned about the continued weakness at SK On. 


SK Innovation: Considering on Using Its Treasury Shares to Inject Capital into SK On

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.

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<li>Trading opportunities arise when overseas traders' SSF positions face unwinding by local market makers, who enter SSF positions and take opposing spot positions, unwinding at expiry.</li>
<li>August-Expiry SSF data shows reverse flow impact by local market makers today, with varying degrees of impact per stock but an observable overall trend.</li>
<li>With ongoing market volatility in Korea, consider setups targeting price impacts from reverse flows of sector pairs trading on the next SSF expiration date.</li>
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Trading opportunities arise when overseas traders' SSF positions face unwinding by local market makers, who enter SSF positions and take opposing spot positions, unwinding at expiry.
August-Expiry SSF data shows reverse flow impact by local market makers today, with varying degrees of impact per stock but an observable overall trend.
With ongoing market volatility in Korea, consider setups targeting price impacts from reverse flows of sector pairs trading on the next SSF expiration date.


Trading Opportunities from the Rise of Sector Pairs Trading Using SSFs & MM Unwinding at Expiry

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Aug 2nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.4bn.</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 Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Aug 2nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.4bn.
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 Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 2nd): Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco

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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>
</ul>


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

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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KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 9th): Celltrion, Sk Hynix, Samsung Heavy Industries, L&F, Posco

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Celltrion, Sk Hynix, Samsung Heavy Industries,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

SK Innovation: Considering on Using Its Treasury Shares to Inject Capital into SK On

On 8 August, it was reported in the local media that SK Innovation (096770 KS) is considering on using its treasury shares to inject capital into...

Douglas Kim

Trading Opportunities from the Rise of Sector Pairs Trading Using SSFs & MM Unwinding at Expiry

This post explores trading opportunities from the rise of sector pairs trading using single-stock futures and market makers unwinding at expiry.

Sanghyun Park

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 2nd): Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Sk Hynix, Korea Aerospace, Posco.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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

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