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 BUYBACKS - Alfresa (2784) Cheap Stock, Uncheapening, Goes Big

Alfresa Holdings (2784 JP): Better-Than-Expected H1FY24 Performance; FY24 Guidance Raised

Marui: 70% of Tenants to Be Non-Merchandise

Marui (8252 JP) - Increases Size of Delayed-Start Buyback, Cuts Yutai

Marui: Already a ¥3 Trillion Business but Aiming for ¥5 Trillion

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Last year, fintech-wannabe <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/marui-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13604:1" rel="noopener">Marui Group (8252 JP)</a> announced a large buyback as part of its ¥100bn distribution to shareholders in its MTMP, then increased the size</li>
<li>They repurchased ¥26bn of shares. Today they announced the return of ¥50bn this year including a ¥40bn buyback. And having arrived at their optimal balance sheet structure, a new policy.</li>
<li>That's 10% of market cap and 11.6% of shares. And again a delayed start. And as always, shareholder structure matters. In this case a lot.</li>
</ul>


Last year, fintech-wannabe Marui Group (8252 JP) announced a large buyback as part of its ¥100bn distribution to shareholders in its MTMP, then increased the size
They repurchased ¥26bn of shares. Today they announced the return of ¥50bn this year including a ¥40bn buyback. And having arrived at their optimal balance sheet structure, a new policy.
That's 10% of market cap and 11.6% of shares. And again a delayed start. And as always, shareholder structure matters. In this case a lot.


BIGLY Marui Group (8252 JP) Buyback, Backed by Big Dividend Boost