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>LG Energy's listing will significantly impact the local battery sector indexes. Since the market cap is at least ₩60T, LG Energy's index weight will immediately approach the cap when included.</li>
<li>The stock with the most considerable passive flow impact following the inclusion of LG Energy would be none other than LG Chem.</li>
<li>LG Chem's passive outflow estimated based on the current index weight for each index is about 3.26x of ADTV, representing 1.06% of SO and 1.63% of float shares.</li>
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LG Energy's listing will significantly impact the local battery sector indexes. Since the market cap is at least ₩60T, LG Energy's index weight will immediately approach the cap when included.
The stock with the most considerable passive flow impact following the inclusion of LG Energy would be none other than LG Chem.
LG Chem's passive outflow estimated based on the current index weight for each index is about 3.26x of ADTV, representing 1.06% of SO and 1.63% of float shares.


LG Chem: Passive Outflow from Local Battery Sector Indexes

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a> is a leading EV battery manufacturer. It is pre-marketing an IPO to raise up to $10.8 billion, which would be South Korea’s largest-ever listing.  </li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/lg-energy-solution-ipo-initiation-amp-my-ride" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:62402" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution IPO Initiation: Amp My Ride</a>, we stated that LGES has attractive fundamentals with a strong backlog, healthy revenue growth and improving margins (recall provisions have peaked). </li>
<li>In this note, we benchmark LGES and its listed battery peers across key financial metrics.  </li>
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LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS) is a leading EV battery manufacturer. It is pre-marketing an IPO to raise up to $10.8 billion, which would be South Korea’s largest-ever listing.  
In LG Energy Solution IPO Initiation: Amp My Ride, we stated that LGES has attractive fundamentals with a strong backlog, healthy revenue growth and improving margins (recall provisions have peaked). 
In this note, we benchmark LGES and its listed battery peers across key financial metrics.  


LG Energy Solution Vs CATL Vs Samsung SDI Vs SK Innovation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a> is a leading EV battery manufacturer. It is pre-marketing an IPO to raise up to $10.8 billion, which would be South Korea’s largest-ever listing.  </li>
<li>LGES is offering 42.5 million shares with a primary/secondary split of 80/20. Pre-marketing will run until 17 December.  </li>
<li>LGES has attractive fundamentals with a strong backlog, healthy revenue growth and improving margins (recall provisions have peaked). </li>
</ul>



LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS) is a leading EV battery manufacturer. It is pre-marketing an IPO to raise up to $10.8 billion, which would be South Korea’s largest-ever listing.  
LGES is offering 42.5 million shares with a primary/secondary split of 80/20. Pre-marketing will run until 17 December.  
LGES has attractive fundamentals with a strong backlog, healthy revenue growth and improving margins (recall provisions have peaked). 


LG Energy Solution IPO Initiation: Amp My Ride

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.

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<li><strong>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that have been covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</strong></li>
<li>In Korea, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a> has finally filed its prospectus for US$10.8bn IPO after some delays earlier this year.</li>
<li>Hong Kong IPO sentiment has been abysmal. It was reported that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sensetime-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34319:1" rel="noopener">SenseTime Group (1475539D HK)</a> delayed its IPO after the U.S. ban report.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that have been covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
In Korea, LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS) has finally filed its prospectus for US$10.8bn IPO after some delays earlier this year.
Hong Kong IPO sentiment has been abysmal. It was reported that SenseTime Group (1475539D HK) delayed its IPO after the U.S. ban report.


ECM Weekly (12th December 2021) - LG Energy, SenseTime (Delayed), Didi, Kanzhun & Full Truck Lock-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a> (LGES) is looking to raise up to US$10.8bn in its upcoming South Korea IPO.</li>
<li>LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. It was spun off in December last year. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and General Motors.</li>
<li>However, the company's with batteries have run into issues lately. It has a poor safety track record.</li>
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LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS) (LGES) is looking to raise up to US$10.8bn in its upcoming South Korea IPO.
LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. It was spun off in December last year. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and General Motors.
However, the company's with batteries have run into issues lately. It has a poor safety track record.


LG Energy Pre-IPO - Negatives - Tricky Issues

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)

LG Chem: Passive Outflow from Local Battery Sector Indexes

This post examines and estimates the passive outflow impact for LG Chem from the local battery sector indexes as a result of LG Energy's listing.

Sanghyun Park

LG Energy Solution Vs CATL Vs Samsung SDI Vs SK Innovation

LGES is pre-marketing an IPO to raise up to $10.8 billion. In this note, we benchmark LGES and its listed battery peers across key financial metrics.

Arun George

LG Energy Solution IPO Initiation: Amp My Ride

LGES is pre-marketing an IPO to raise up to $10.8 bn, potentially Korea’s largest-ever listing. It has attractive fundamentals with a strong...

Arun George

ECM Weekly (12th December 2021) - LG Energy, SenseTime (Delayed), Didi, Kanzhun & Full Truck Lock-Up

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

Sumeet Singh

LG Energy Pre-IPO - Negatives - Tricky Issues

LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. It was spun off in December last year. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and...

Sumeet Singh

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