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

Toyota Industries (6201) - TMC's Sale of TI Shares Is Innocuous, TI's Valuation Remains Uncompelling

Big Aisin (7259) Offering Sets Stage for First Toyota Group Full Unwind

[JAPAN ACTIVISM] - Murakami Group Goes Activisting on Exedy (7278) - Room To Run

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Just pre-close on 2 July, Reuters carried an article suggesting a ¥500bn secondary offering in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/honda-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:154:1" rel="noopener">Honda Motor (7267 JP)</a> as insurers sold. The stock fell 4% in minutes. </li>
<li>Honda semi-confirmed but it took two days to get to the details, now out. The stock climbed in the meantime. </li>
<li>At launch, this deal is two-thirds covered by buyback + passive demand but the supply is heavily-weighted to retail. Cheaper than it looks, lots of moving parts. Read the details!</li>
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Just pre-close on 2 July, Reuters carried an article suggesting a ¥500bn secondary offering in Honda Motor (7267 JP) as insurers sold. The stock fell 4% in minutes. 
Honda semi-confirmed but it took two days to get to the details, now out. The stock climbed in the meantime. 
At launch, this deal is two-thirds covered by buyback + passive demand but the supply is heavily-weighted to retail. Cheaper than it looks, lots of moving parts. Read the details!


Big ¥500bn Honda (7267) Offering Is Small