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>The LG Chem/LG Energy pair has been getting much attention lately. Its stakeholding value in LG Energy amounts to ₩83.1T, more than twice its own market value.</li>
<li>Given LG Chem's solid operating business value, only the likes of SK Square is worse in terms of NAV discount, as LG Chem's NAV discount is nearing 70%.</li>
<li>With the LG Chem OUT/LG Energy IN passive play pretty much completed, we should aim at an entry point for LG Chem's massive discount to its LG Energy shareholding value.</li>
</ul>


The LG Chem/LG Energy pair has been getting much attention lately. Its stakeholding value in LG Energy amounts to ₩83.1T, more than twice its own market value.
Given LG Chem's solid operating business value, only the likes of SK Square is worse in terms of NAV discount, as LG Chem's NAV discount is nearing 70%.
With the LG Chem OUT/LG Energy IN passive play pretty much completed, we should aim at an entry point for LG Chem's massive discount to its LG Energy shareholding value.


LG Chem & LG Energy LONG/SHORT Pair Trading on a Massive NAV Discount

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 South Korean Financials stocks among Global Value managers are at record highs. </li>
<li>In a remarkable upward trend that started in 2015, Value managers have positioned themselves at record weights, record overweights and with more funds invested than ever before</li>
<li>KB Financial is top dog, accounting for over half of total allocations, half the overweight and held by twice as many Value managers as the second most widely held stock</li>
</ul>


Allocations in South Korean Financials stocks among Global Value managers are at record highs. 
In a remarkable upward trend that started in 2015, Value managers have positioned themselves at record weights, record overweights and with more funds invested than ever before
KB Financial is top dog, accounting for over half of total allocations, half the overweight and held by twice as many Value managers as the second most widely held stock


South Korean Financials: Increasing in Value

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Private Capital Markets

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<li>
SSG.com is getting ready for an IPO in 2H 2022/1H 2023. Local media have mentioned that SSG.com is targeting a valuation of 10 trillion won for the company.</li>
<li>We believe SSG.com would need to cut the valuation by at least 50% (5 trillion won) in order to complete its IPO. </li>
<li>We believe valuation levels of 11st would need to come down significantly in the 2 trillion won to 3 trillion won range in order for an IPO to be completed. </li>
</ul>



SSG.com is getting ready for an IPO in 2H 2022/1H 2023. Local media have mentioned that SSG.com is targeting a valuation of 10 trillion won for the company.
We believe SSG.com would need to cut the valuation by at least 50% (5 trillion won) in order to complete its IPO. 
We believe valuation levels of 11st would need to come down significantly in the 2 trillion won to 3 trillion won range in order for an IPO to be completed. 


SSG.Com & 11st: Need to Drastically Cut Their Valuations to Complete Their IPOs in 2022/2023

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

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPOs front, Campus Activewear and Rainbow Hospitals will get India's IPO season going again, with LIC in the pipeline.</li>
<li>Placement flows remained slow over the holiday shortened week. With only Taiwan and India seeing deals.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPOs front, Campus Activewear and Rainbow Hospitals will get India's IPO season going again, with LIC in the pipeline.
Placement flows remained slow over the holiday shortened week. With only Taiwan and India seeing deals.


ECM Weekly (24th Apr 22) - Sk Shieldus, One Store, LIC, Campus, Rainbow, Zhihu, LG Energy, Shin Kong

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<li>SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO.</li>
<li>SKS is the security subsidiary of SK Square. It provides security services across four main categories: information security/Cybersecurity, convergence security, physical security, and Safety &amp; Care.</li>
<li>In this note, we will look at the refiling updates.</li>
</ul>


SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO.
SKS is the security subsidiary of SK Square. It provides security services across four main categories: information security/Cybersecurity, convergence security, physical security, and Safety &amp; Care.
In this note, we will look at the refiling updates.


SK Shieldus IPO - Refiling Disclosures Should Make Multiples Move, LOWER.

South Korea

SK Square Co., Ltd. operates as an investment company. The Company invests in semiconductors, information and communications technologies, and other industries. SK Square conducts businesses in South Korea.

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LG Chem & LG Energy LONG/SHORT Pair Trading on a Massive NAV Discount

This post explores a pair trading opportunity on the LG Chem/LG Energy Solution pair as LG Chem's NAV discount is nearing 70%.

Sanghyun Park

South Korean Financials: Increasing in Value

Global Value managers have continued to increase exposure, positioning themselves at record weights, record overweights and with more funds...

Steven Holden

SSG.Com & 11st: Need to Drastically Cut Their Valuations to Complete Their IPOs in 2022/2023

SSG.com and 11st are getting ready to complete their IPOs in 2H 2022/2023. Both companies would need to significantly reduce their valuation...

Douglas Kim

ECM Weekly (24th Apr 22) - Sk Shieldus, One Store, LIC, Campus, Rainbow, Zhihu, LG Energy, Shin Kong

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

Sumeet Singh

SK Shieldus IPO - Refiling Disclosures Should Make Multiples Move, LOWER.

SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO. In this note we will look at the...

Sumeet Singh

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