Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. ("BIA" or "BIAL")

BACKGROUND
I have 20+yrs experience in Asia doing alternative strategies (i.e. non-delta1 non long-only) in fixed income, equity derivatives, and activist/catalyst/event-driven and long-short equity strategies with most of that time spent managing money. 

4 years in fixed income macro, 8 years running internal hedge fund and 4yrs investment banking at Citi in Japan, 3 years running an Asia multi-strat portfolio at a hedge fund, 4+yrs as an independent special situations analyst.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

JAPAN ACTIVISM:  Silchester's Bank of Kyoto AGM Results - Activism Still Failing

JAPAN ACTIVISM:  Silchester's Chugoku Bank AGM Ploy Fails - Won't Be an Activism Target

Bank of Kyoto (8369) - A Complicated Risk Model Clarified

JAPAN ACTIVISM:  Silchester Goes After Bank of Kyoto

Bank of Kyoto (8369 JP) Raises Payout Ratio - But It's a Complicated Risk Model

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Bank of Kyoto (8369 JP) has been the poster child for "deep value" Japan traders and occasional wannabe activists. It has a huge equity portfolio which dwarfs market cap. </li>
<li>Every year, twice a year (end of May and early December) Bank of Kyoto (8369 JP) releases a document for a meeting with analysts and press called Information Meeting.</li>
<li>This year's is a <em>little</em> different in that it proposes sales of 10% of its equity portfolio. It's "small" but worth thinking about. </li>
</ul>


Bank of Kyoto (8369 JP) has been the poster child for "deep value" Japan traders and occasional wannabe activists. It has a huge equity portfolio which dwarfs market cap. 
Every year, twice a year (end of May and early December) Bank of Kyoto (8369 JP) releases a document for a meeting with analysts and press called Information Meeting.
This year's is a little different in that it proposes sales of 10% of its equity portfolio. It's "small" but worth thinking about. 


Bank of Kyoto (8369) Surprises With a Cross-Holding Sale Plan (Albeit Small)