In today’s briefing:
- Korea – Positioning in Ecopro, Kumyang, JYP Entertainment, Hanwha Ocean, Hanmi Semi, Posco DX
- Merger Arb Mondays (07 Aug) – JSR, ITOCHU, Allkem, Origin, Symbio, Pacific Current, United Malt, MPI
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Korea – Positioning in Ecopro, Kumyang, JYP Entertainment, Hanwha Ocean, Hanmi Semi, Posco DX
- Ecopro Co Ltd, Kum Yang, Jyp Entertainment, Hanwha Ocean, Hanmi Semiconductor and Posco DX have all rallied recently and could find their way into global passive portfolios.
- There could be liquidity events in some of the stocks as early as the end of the month and there is pre-positioning on a lot of the stocks.
- Retail investors have been big buyers in Ecopro Co and Kum Yang while foreign investors have been buyers in Jyp Entertainment, Hanwha Ocean, Hanmi Semiconductor and Posco DX.
Merger Arb Mondays (07 Aug) – JSR, ITOCHU, Allkem, Origin, Symbio, Pacific Current, United Malt, MPI
- We summarise the latest spreads and newsflow of merger arb situations we cover across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Chinese ADRs.
- Highest spreads – 111 Inc (YI US), Chindata Group (CD US), Estia Health (EHE AU), Invocare Ltd (IVC AU), ENM Holdings (128 HK), Eoflow (294090 KS), JSR Corp (4185 JP).
- Lowest spreads – Healius (HLS AU), Toyo Construction (1890 JP), Penguin International (PBS SP), Itochu Techno Solutions (4739 JP), Oishi Group PCL (OISHI TB), Kenedix Retail REIT (3453 JP).