Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>After the market close today, S.M.Entertainment announced that its Chairman Lee Soo Man will end the contract with Like Planning, a contents producing company owned by Lee Soo Man.</li>
<li>We estimate that S.M.Entertainment has paid more than 160 billion won to Like Planning in the past 10 years.</li>
<li>By ending the relationship between Chairman Lee Soo Man and Like Planning, this should have a major positive impact on S.M.Entertainment shares in the coming weeks. </li>
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After the market close today, S.M.Entertainment announced that its Chairman Lee Soo Man will end the contract with Like Planning, a contents producing company owned by Lee Soo Man.
We estimate that S.M.Entertainment has paid more than 160 billion won to Like Planning in the past 10 years.
By ending the relationship between Chairman Lee Soo Man and Like Planning, this should have a major positive impact on S.M.Entertainment shares in the coming weeks. 


S.M.Entertainment - Chairman Lee Soo Man to End Contract with Like Planning (A Big Catalyst!)

Private Capital Markets

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<li>Megazone Cloud is the number one cloud managed service provider (MSP) in Korea. </li>
<li>Megazone Cloud was last valued at about 2.4 trillion won (as of August 2022) as it attracted 450 billion won funding from MBK Partners and IMM Private Equity.</li>
<li>Megazone Cloud has an important partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as it became the first company in Korea to be a partner for AWS in the local cloud market.</li>
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Megazone Cloud is the number one cloud managed service provider (MSP) in Korea. 
Megazone Cloud was last valued at about 2.4 trillion won (as of August 2022) as it attracted 450 billion won funding from MBK Partners and IMM Private Equity.
Megazone Cloud has an important partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as it became the first company in Korea to be a partner for AWS in the local cloud market.


Megazone Cloud: Number One Cloud MSP Provider (Unicorn) In Korea Led by Partnership with AWS

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National Pension Service (NPS) of Korean stocks.</li>
<li>Of the 176 Korean stocks in which NPS reported changes in ownerships in 2Q 2022, NPS increased its stakes in 115 companies and reduced stakes in 61 companies.</li>
<li>NPS mostly increased stakes in aerospace, defense, construction equipment, and energy sectors while reducing stakes in telecom and tourism related stocks.</li>
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In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National Pension Service (NPS) of Korean stocks.
Of the 176 Korean stocks in which NPS reported changes in ownerships in 2Q 2022, NPS increased its stakes in 115 companies and reduced stakes in 61 companies.
NPS mostly increased stakes in aerospace, defense, construction equipment, and energy sectors while reducing stakes in telecom and tourism related stocks.


NPS Sells SK Bioscience, Naver, & LG Electronics and Buys Kakao Bank, Lotte Corp, & Samyang Foods

Kakao Entertainment  / Private Capital Markets

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<li>Kakao Entertainment is one of the biggest entertainment companies in Korea. The company has a strong IP for webtoons, web novels, music, drama, movies, and other digital contents.</li>
<li>Kakao Entertainment is a company that was formed from a merger of Kakao Page and Kakao M in March 2021. </li>
<li>Kakao Corp (035720 KS) is the largest shareholder of Kakao Entertainment, followed by Anchor Equity Partners, and Tencent.</li>
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Kakao Entertainment is one of the biggest entertainment companies in Korea. The company has a strong IP for webtoons, web novels, music, drama, movies, and other digital contents.
Kakao Entertainment is a company that was formed from a merger of Kakao Page and Kakao M in March 2021. 
Kakao Corp (035720 KS) is the largest shareholder of Kakao Entertainment, followed by Anchor Equity Partners, and Tencent.


Kakao Entertainment: A Korean Entertainment Powerhouse

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>WISE Media Contents rebalances every quarter in January, April, July, and October. The effective date for the upcoming rebalancing is April 15.</li>
<li>The gap between the rebalancing weight change estimations based on the float-adjusted market caps and the actual implementation of the ETF operator (TIGER) is not significant.</li>
<li>Following stocks are worth paying attention: (Short) Jyp Entertainment, S.M.Entertainment, Studio Dragon, Jcontentree, and SBS Contents Hub / (Long) CJ ENM, DearU, D&amp;C Media, Genie Music, and IHQ</li>
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WISE Media Contents rebalances every quarter in January, April, July, and October. The effective date for the upcoming rebalancing is April 15.
The gap between the rebalancing weight change estimations based on the float-adjusted market caps and the actual implementation of the ETF operator (TIGER) is not significant.
Following stocks are worth paying attention: (Short) Jyp Entertainment, S.M.Entertainment, Studio Dragon, Jcontentree, and SBS Contents Hub / (Long) CJ ENM, DearU, D&amp;C Media, Genie Music, and IHQ


WISE Media Contents (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Preview

South Korea

S.M.Entertainment Co. plans, produces, promotes, and markets Korean rock and roll music in several formats, such as compact discs (CD), concert tours, television productions, and music videos.  The Company also operates artist management business as well as licensing and copyright business from the company's music records.

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S.M.Entertainment Co (041510 KS)

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NPS Sells SK Bioscience, Naver, & LG Electronics and Buys Kakao Bank, Lotte Corp, & Samyang Foods

NPS moves the Korean stock market more than any other investor. In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National...

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Kakao Entertainment: A Korean Entertainment Powerhouse

Kakao Entertainment is one of the biggest entertainment companies in Korea. The company has a strong IP for webtoons, web novels, music, drama,...

Douglas Kim

WISE Media Contents (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Preview

This post previews the upcoming rebalancing of the WISE Media Contents Theme Index (TIGER ETF), whose effective date is April 15.

Sanghyun Park

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