Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>The Aussie local press is discussing renewed merger talks for <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bendigo-adelaide-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:682:1" rel="noopener">Bendigo And Adelaide Bank (BEN AU)</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-queensland-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16606:1" rel="noopener">Bank Of Queensland (BOQ AU)</a></strong>.</li>
<li>Talks of a merger are not new. And we have been here before when BOQ twice made overtures to Bendigo in 2007, but was rejected. </li>
<li>The swift removal of BOQ's CEO, a lifetime high ratio - BEN/BOQ - and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/australia-and-new-zealand-banking-group-anz" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:443:1" rel="noopener">ANZ (ANZ AU)</a>'s tilt for Suncorp Bank - suggests a merger makes a lot of sense.</li>
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The Aussie local press is discussing renewed merger talks for Bendigo And Adelaide Bank (BEN AU) and Bank Of Queensland (BOQ AU).
Talks of a merger are not new. And we have been here before when BOQ twice made overtures to Bendigo in 2007, but was rejected. 
The swift removal of BOQ's CEO, a lifetime high ratio - BEN/BOQ - and ANZ (ANZ AU)'s tilt for Suncorp Bank - suggests a merger makes a lot of sense.


Bendigo Adelaide Bank & Bank of Queensland's Rumoured Merger