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>This December’s KOSPI 200 shuffle will highlight stocks likely to see strong passive flows from changes in float rates.</li>
<li>Ecopro Materials sees BRV offloading shares, weakening its major shareholder status. Korea Zinc might mirror the Hankook &amp; Company scenario, bundling both families' stakes and treasury for non-float rate calculations.</li>
<li>The passive impacts may be small compared to constituent changes, but less dilution from proactive positioning means the price impact could be more noticeable as the effective date approaches.</li>
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This December’s KOSPI 200 shuffle will highlight stocks likely to see strong passive flows from changes in float rates.
Ecopro Materials sees BRV offloading shares, weakening its major shareholder status. Korea Zinc might mirror the Hankook &amp; Company scenario, bundling both families' stakes and treasury for non-float rate calculations.
The passive impacts may be small compared to constituent changes, but less dilution from proactive positioning means the price impact could be more noticeable as the effective date approaches.


KRX Float Rates for KOSPI 200 Constituents as of Today: Watch the Float Change Stocks

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>In this insight, we discuss stocks that are highlighted in the local media as potential inclusion and exclusion candidates in the KOSPI 200 rebalance in December 2024.</li>
<li>Stocks that are expected to be included in the KOSPI 200 index include Hyosung Heavy Industries, APR, Miwon Commercial, and OCI.</li>
<li>Stocks that have been discussed as the most likely exclusion candidates in the KOSPI 200 rebalance include Lotte Tour Development, MS Industrial, Young Poong, GC Holdings, and KG Donbu Steel. </li>
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In this insight, we discuss stocks that are highlighted in the local media as potential inclusion and exclusion candidates in the KOSPI 200 rebalance in December 2024.
Stocks that are expected to be included in the KOSPI 200 index include Hyosung Heavy Industries, APR, Miwon Commercial, and OCI.
Stocks that have been discussed as the most likely exclusion candidates in the KOSPI 200 rebalance include Lotte Tour Development, MS Industrial, Young Poong, GC Holdings, and KG Donbu Steel. 


KOSPI 200 Rebalance in December 2024 Highlighted by Locals

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 Oct 4th 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 POSCO (005490 KS), Yuhan Corp (000100 KS).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Oct 4th 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 POSCO (005490 KS), Yuhan Corp (000100 KS).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 4th):POSCO, Yuhan Corp

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

<ul>
<li>KOSPI 200 is a Korean blue-chip index that tracks the 200 largest and most-liquid names listed in the KOSPI section of the Korea Exchange (KRX).</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs and DELs during the upcoming semiannual review in December 2024.</li>
<li>We expect up to five ADDs and six DELs for the KOSPI 200 Index during this rebal event based on the latest available data. Small increase vs two weeks ago.</li>
</ul>


KOSPI 200 is a Korean blue-chip index that tracks the 200 largest and most-liquid names listed in the KOSPI section of the Korea Exchange (KRX).
In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs and DELs during the upcoming semiannual review in December 2024.
We expect up to five ADDs and six DELs for the KOSPI 200 Index during this rebal event based on the latest available data. Small increase vs two weeks ago.


Quiddity Leaderboard KOSPI 200 Dec 24: Up to 5 ADDs & 6 DELs Possible

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 27th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.3bn.</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 Hmm (011200 KS), Samsung Electronics (005930 KS).</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 27th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.3bn.
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 Hmm (011200 KS), Samsung Electronics (005930 KS).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 27th): Hmm, Samsung Electronics

South Korea

Lotte Tour Development Co., Ltd. provides various tour package service. The Company franchises travel agencies, offers home-based travel businesses, and provides leisure-travel information.  The Company also engages in property development and building management and operates duty-free shop business.

Lotte Tour Development Co, Ltd. (032350 KS)

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Lotte Tour Development Co, Ltd. (032350 KS)

KRX Float Rates for KOSPI 200 Constituents as of Today: Watch the Float Change Stocks

KOSPI 200 December Rebalancing: Constituent changes are as predicted, but it's important to pay attention to the stocks with float changes.

Sanghyun Park

KOSPI 200 Rebalance in December 2024 Highlighted by Locals

In this insight, we discuss stocks that are highlighted in the local media as potential inclusion and exclusion candidates in the KOSPI 200...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 4th):POSCO, Yuhan Corp

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in POSCO (005490 KS), Yuhan Corp (000100 KS).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity Leaderboard KOSPI 200 Dec 24: Up to 5 ADDs & 6 DELs Possible

We have added one each to the ADDs and DELs list for the December 2024 rebal of KOSPI200. I still like Dongwon Industries. That trade is up 4+% in...

Travis Lundy

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 27th): Hmm, Samsung Electronics

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Hmm, Samsung Electronics.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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