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>For Kakao Bank, the 6M IPO lockup (2.79%) will hit the market. Also, the possibility that the 4.48% stake held by Anchor/TPG will hit the market should be left open.</li>
<li>In Krafton's case, Tencent is the most notable player, owning 13.56%. It recently suggested a reduction in overseas holdings. So, some of this 13.56% stake should appear in the market.</li>
<li>The 4.84% stake held by Premier Superior is available after February 14. Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDS shares by the Samsung family are also likely to take place in February.</li>
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For Kakao Bank, the 6M IPO lockup (2.79%) will hit the market. Also, the possibility that the 4.48% stake held by Anchor/TPG will hit the market should be left open.
In Krafton's case, Tencent is the most notable player, owning 13.56%. It recently suggested a reduction in overseas holdings. So, some of this 13.56% stake should appear in the market.
The 4.84% stake held by Premier Superior is available after February 14. Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDS shares by the Samsung family are also likely to take place in February.


KOSPI Overhang Stocks: Krafton, Kakao Bank, SKIET, Samsung Elec, & Samsung SDS

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Kakao Bank's six month IPO lock-up will end on 6th Feb 2022. </li>
<li>It will result in freeing up another US$2.5bn+ worth of shares held by a number of pre-IPO and local IPO investors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry.</li>
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Kakao Bank's six month IPO lock-up will end on 6th Feb 2022. 
It will result in freeing up another US$2.5bn+ worth of shares held by a number of pre-IPO and local IPO investors.
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry.


Kakao Bank Six-Month Lock-Up - Over US$2.5bn Stock Release Will Only Add to the Recent Rout

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) / Equity Bottom-Up

SGX Asia Currencies and Commodities Insights

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<li>The news on the market this afternoon is that Hong Ra-hee's block deals on Samsung Electronics are highly likely to be postponed to next month.</li>
<li>It means the possibility of a sharp decline in the share price due to this block deal immediately after Samsung Electronics' ex-dividend date should be low at this time.</li>
<li>Instead, it seems more appropriate to set a trading entry point for this block deal after the announcement of 4Q interim results on January 7.</li>
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The news on the market this afternoon is that Hong Ra-hee's block deals on Samsung Electronics are highly likely to be postponed to next month.
It means the possibility of a sharp decline in the share price due to this block deal immediately after Samsung Electronics' ex-dividend date should be low at this time.
Instead, it seems more appropriate to set a trading entry point for this block deal after the announcement of 4Q interim results on January 7.


Hong Ra-Hee Block Deals on Samsung Electronics: Likely Pushed Back to Early Next Year

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Allocations in EM Tech stocks among active Global EM investors rallied to all-time highs last month.  Average allocations hit 23.49% following sustained fund inflows and re-positioning among managers. </li>
<li>Taiwan, India and China Tech exposure is at, or close to maximum levels.  In contrast, South Korean Technology weights have fallen aggressively.  The TW/SK Tech spread is at maximum wides.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/silergy-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13998:1" rel="noopener">Silergy Corp (6415 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/longi-green-energy-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12703:1" rel="noopener">LONGi Green Energy Technology (601012 CH)</a> have seen inflows from EM managers.  Sentiment in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-hynix-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16955:1" rel="noopener">SK Hynix (000660 KS)</a> is faltering.</li>
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Allocations in EM Tech stocks among active Global EM investors rallied to all-time highs last month.  Average allocations hit 23.49% following sustained fund inflows and re-positioning among managers. 
Taiwan, India and China Tech exposure is at, or close to maximum levels.  In contrast, South Korean Technology weights have fallen aggressively.  The TW/SK Tech spread is at maximum wides.

Silergy Corp (6415 TT) and LONGi Green Energy Technology (601012 CH) have seen inflows from EM managers.  Sentiment in Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) and SK Hynix (000660 KS) is faltering.


EM Tech Allocations Blast Through All-Time Highs

South Korea

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. manufactures a wide range of consumer and industrial electronic equipment and products such as semiconductors, personal computers, peripherals, monitors, televisions, and home appliances including air conditioners and microwave ovens. The Company also produces Internet access network systems and telecommunications equipment including mobile phones.

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KOSPI Overhang Stocks: Krafton, Kakao Bank, SKIET, Samsung Elec, & Samsung SDS

This post discusses the potential overhang stocks on KOSPI in February: Kakao Bank, Krafton, SKIET, Samsung Electronics, and Samsung SDS.

Sanghyun Park

Kakao Bank Six-Month Lock-Up - Over US$2.5bn Stock Release Will Only Add to the Recent Rout

Kakao Bank's six month IPO lock-up will end on 6th Feb 2022, releasing over US$2.5bn worth of shares. In this note, we will look at the lock-up...

Sumeet Singh

SGX Asia Currencies and Commodities Insights

By Macro Hive SGX Asia Currencies Insights Ongoing exports strength is offsetting reduced yield pickup. We remain neutral CNH. We think...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Hong Ra-Hee Block Deals on Samsung Electronics: Likely Pushed Back to Early Next Year

The current consensus of the local market on the timing of Hong Ra-hee's block deals on Samsung Electronics is around mid-January.

Sanghyun Park

EM Tech Allocations Blast Through All-Time Highs

Allocations in EM Tech stocks among active Global EM investors rallied to all-time highs last month. Average allocations hit 23.49% following...

Steven Holden

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