Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: DGB Financial Group, HYBE and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Meritz Merger Approved: Let’s Now Discuss Key Dates & Entry Points For LONG DGB Financial
  • HYBE: May Be Seeking to Raise As Much as 1 Trillion Won (Will Investors Support This Plan)?

Meritz Merger Approved: Let’s Now Discuss Key Dates & Entry Points For LONG DGB Financial

By Sanghyun Park

  • K200 ad hoc change announcement date should be March 30 as the buyback ends on March 28, and rebalancing trading should occur on March 31.
  • From a juice-level perspective, the entry point and timing for JB Financial showed much better performance from EGM approval rather than the announcement.
  • We should consider gradually building up positions from this point until March 30 announcement or one day after (T-1 effective) while utilizing Kodex Banks ETF to hedge our long positions.

HYBE: May Be Seeking to Raise As Much as 1 Trillion Won (Will Investors Support This Plan)?

By Douglas Kim

  • In the last few days, there have been local media accounts that mentioned that HYBE may be seeking as much as 1 trillion won (US$760 million) from investors.
  • The more likely scenario is that HYBE encounters a greater backlash from the global investors in its attempts to raise nearly 1 trillion won.
  • We maintain our existing stance of Kakao eventually winning this M&A battle for the controlling stake in SM Entertainment.

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