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>KOSPI 200 rebalancing results are out - <strong>7 Additions: 4 (regular) + 2 (Fast Entry) + 1 (split) &amp; 7 Deletions: 6 (regular) + 1 (Fast Entry) </strong>
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<li>The passive impact of all additions is pretty significant. In particular, <strong>Meritiz, SL, and Kakao Pay</strong> are relatively larger.</li>
<li>For the deletes, it is worth considering approaching these stocks as <strong>an equal-weighted basket</strong>. Since their share prices have not been significantly corrected recently.</li>
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KOSPI 200 rebalancing results are out - 7 Additions: 4 (regular) + 2 (Fast Entry) + 1 (split) &amp; 7 Deletions: 6 (regular) + 1 (Fast Entry) 

The passive impact of all additions is pretty significant. In particular, Meritiz, SL, and Kakao Pay are relatively larger.
For the deletes, it is worth considering approaching these stocks as an equal-weighted basket. Since their share prices have not been significantly corrected recently.


7 Adds & 7 Deletes in KOSPI 200 Rebalancing: Passive Impact & Trade Setups

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

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<li>There will be 6 additions and 7 deletions for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX)</a> at the December rebalance that will be implemented on 9 December.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-heavy-industries-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33808:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-pay-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29675:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Pay (377300 KS)</a> are Fast Entry inclusions to the index, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/innocean-worldwide-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26925:1" rel="noopener">Innocean Worldwide (214320 KS)</a> is a deletion on liquidity.</li>
<li>Depending on the float used by KRX, there could be a sharp move higher on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-pay-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29675:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Pay (377300 KS)</a> as passive trackers could buy up to 15% of real float.</li>
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There will be 6 additions and 7 deletions for the Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX) at the December rebalance that will be implemented on 9 December.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180 KS) and Kakao Pay (377300 KS) are Fast Entry inclusions to the index, while Innocean Worldwide (214320 KS) is a deletion on liquidity.
Depending on the float used by KRX, there could be a sharp move higher on Kakao Pay (377300 KS) as passive trackers could buy up to 15% of real float.


KOSPI200 Index Rebalance: Mostly Expected, Couple of Surprises

<h2>Rebalancing results</h2><p>The review period for the KOSPI 200 December rebalancing ended on October 29. Below are the results of applying the screening criteria based on the average daily market cap of the review period (May 3 to October 29).</p><section class="figure"><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/239/758/original/Screen+Shot+2021-11-04+at+7.22.44+PM.png?1636068186" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="239758"></figure></section><ul>
<li><strong>As a result of regular rebalancing, we can see four adds and four deletes.</strong></li>
<li><strong>In addition, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Kakao Pay are almost 100% likely to join the KOSPI 200 through Fast Entry. The joining date of both will be December 10, the same date as the regular rebalancing.</strong></li>
<li><strong>The stocks that will leave the KOSPI 200 for HHI and Kakao Pay will be Nexen Tire and Lotte Himart (the stocks with the lowest average daily market cap in the previous review period).</strong></li>
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<h2>Passive impact</h2>
<p>The following is a passive impact assuming KOSPI 200 tracking funds at ₩80T, including both local pensions and variable insurance index funds in addition to ETFs/index funds.</p>
<div class="content-highlight"><p><strong>Compared to the absolute size of the passive impact, Meritz Financial Group (add) and Nexen Tire (delete) are likely to face relatively large flow effects.</strong></p></div>
<section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/239/760/original/Screen+Shot+2021-11-04+at+7.29.44+PM.png?1636068621" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="239760"></figure></section><p>Below is a passive impact that we can expect if only ₩20T of funds from local ETFs/index funds are applied. This can be seen as a size that will occur on the implementation date (at the close on December 9).</p>
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Rebalancing resultsThe review period for the KOSPI 200 December rebalancing ended on October 29. Below are the results of applying the screening criteria based on the average daily market cap of the review period (May 3 to October 29).
As a result of regular rebalancing, we can see four adds and four deletes.
In addition, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Kakao Pay are almost 100% likely to join the KOSPI 200 through Fast Entry. The joining date of both will be December 10, the same date as the regular rebalancing.
The stocks that will leave the KOSPI 200 for HHI and Kakao Pay will be Nexen Tire and Lotte Himart (the stocks with the lowest average daily market cap in the previous review period).

Passive impact
The following is a passive impact assuming KOSPI 200 tracking funds at ₩80T, including both local pensions and variable insurance index funds in addition to ETFs/index funds.
Compared to the absolute size of the passive impact, Meritz Financial Group (add) and Nexen Tire (delete) are likely to face relatively large flow effects.
Below is a passive impact that we can expect if only ₩20T of funds from local ETFs/index funds are applied. This can be seen as a size that will occur on the implementation date (at the close on December 9).


KOSPI 200 Rebalancing Update After the Review Period Ended

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries  / Event-Driven

<p>The Korea Exchange (KRX) will announce the results of the December 2021 review of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX)</a> later this month and the constituent changes will be effective after the close of trading on 9 December.</p><p>With the review period now complete, we see 7 potential inclusions (5 regular + 2 Fast Entry) and 8 potential deletions from the index. There is one extra deletion to keep the number of index constituents at 200 following the inclusion of SK Square in the index post its spin-off from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-telecom-co-ltd-bbccd86c-474d-4a4d-946d-10e911a225a2" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:395:1" rel="noopener">SK Telecom (017670 KS)</a>.</p><p>The potential regular inclusions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/f-f-co-ltd-new" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33479:1" rel="noopener">F&amp;F (383220 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/skckolonpi-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9196:1" rel="noopener">Skckolonpi Inc (178920 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meritz-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11776:1" rel="noopener">Meritz Financial Group (138040 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sl-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20694:1" rel="noopener">SL Corp (005850 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/myoung-shin-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29698:1" rel="noopener">Myoung Shin Industrial Co.,Ltd (009900 KS)</a> while the potential Fast Entry inclusions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-heavy-industries-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33808:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-pay-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29675:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Pay (377300 KS)</a>.</p><p>The potential deletions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samyang-foods-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9100:1" rel="noopener">Samyang Foods (003230 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ilyang-pharmaceutical-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2789:1" rel="noopener">Ilyang Pharmaceutical Co., (007570 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lx-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33384:1" rel="noopener">LX Holdings (383800 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lotte-himart-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12895:1" rel="noopener">Lotte Himart (071840 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/f-f-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15983:1" rel="noopener">F&amp;F Co Ltd (007700 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongwon-f-b-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3274:1" rel="noopener">Dongwon F&amp;B (049770 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lx-hausys-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11613:1" rel="noopener">LX Hausys Ltd (108670 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nexen-tire-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14206:1" rel="noopener">Nexen Tire Corp (002350 KS)</a>.</p><p>There are quite a few stocks that are close adds but just miss out on making the 85% cumulative market cap cut or the 90% of current stocks from the sector in the index cut.</p><p>The potential inclusions have outperformed the potential deletions since August. After giving up some gains and then consolidating, the potential inclusion have started to outperform the potential deletions again over the last week.</p>

The Korea Exchange (KRX) will announce the results of the December 2021 review of the Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX) later this month and the constituent changes will be effective after the close of trading on 9 December.With the review period now complete, we see 7 potential inclusions (5 regular + 2 Fast Entry) and 8 potential deletions from the index. There is one extra deletion to keep the number of index constituents at 200 following the inclusion of SK Square in the index post its spin-off from SK Telecom (017670 KS).The potential regular inclusions are F&amp;F (383220 KS), Skckolonpi Inc (178920 KS), Meritz Financial Group (138040 KS), SL Corp (005850 KS) and Myoung Shin Industrial Co.,Ltd (009900 KS) while the potential Fast Entry inclusions are Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180 KS) and Kakao Pay (377300 KS).The potential deletions are Samyang Foods (003230 KS), Ilyang Pharmaceutical Co., (007570 KS), LX Holdings (383800 KS), Lotte Himart (071840 KS), F&amp;F Co Ltd (007700 KS), Dongwon F&amp;B (049770 KS), LX Hausys Ltd (108670 KS) and Nexen Tire Corp (002350 KS).There are quite a few stocks that are close adds but just miss out on making the 85% cumulative market cap cut or the 90% of current stocks from the sector in the index cut.The potential inclusions have outperformed the potential deletions since August. After giving up some gains and then consolidating, the potential inclusion have started to outperform the potential deletions again over the last week.

KOSPI200 Index Rebalance Preview:  Review Period Complete & Trades Performing Well

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<p>In this insight, we provide a trading strategy on the upcoming KOSPI 200 rebalance announcement in November amid heightened market volatility. The classic "bread and butter" trading strategy is to go long on the companies that could get included in the KOSPI 200 rebalance and go short on the companies that could get excluded. However, this is typical on relatively normal market conditions. In this high vol market environment, we would argue that this strategy should be tweaked a bit. </p>
<p>In the tables below, we provided a list of 7 stocks that could get included and 10 stocks that could get excluded in the next round of KOSPI 200 rebalance. In normal conditions, the regular strategy would be to go long on the 7 stocks which could get included and go short on the 10 stocks that could get excluded. </p>
<p>Because of heightened market volatility, we would argue that a BETTER strategy is to go long on the top 3 high market cap companies (which tend to be more resistant to high volatility environment) which would be SK Telecom/SK Square, Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Meritz Financial and go short on the 10 stocks that could get excluded in the KOSPI 200 rebalance. </p>
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In this insight, we provide a trading strategy on the upcoming KOSPI 200 rebalance announcement in November amid heightened market volatility. The classic "bread and butter" trading strategy is to go long on the companies that could get included in the KOSPI 200 rebalance and go short on the companies that could get excluded. However, this is typical on relatively normal market conditions. In this high vol market environment, we would argue that this strategy should be tweaked a bit. 
In the tables below, we provided a list of 7 stocks that could get included and 10 stocks that could get excluded in the next round of KOSPI 200 rebalance. In normal conditions, the regular strategy would be to go long on the 7 stocks which could get included and go short on the 10 stocks that could get excluded. 
Because of heightened market volatility, we would argue that a BETTER strategy is to go long on the top 3 high market cap companies (which tend to be more resistant to high volatility environment) which would be SK Telecom/SK Square, Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Meritz Financial and go short on the 10 stocks that could get excluded in the KOSPI 200 rebalance. 


A Trading Strategy on the Upcoming KOSPI 200 Index Rebalance Amid Heightened Market Volatility

South Korea

Samyang Foods Co., Ltd. manufactures instant and processed food products, such as noodles, snacks, cooking oil, and feed.  The Company also produces dairy goods including milk, cheese, and ice cream.

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Brian Freitas

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Douglas Kim

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