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

PRC Shows DiDi Who's Boss: An Analysis of Adverse Regulatory Events on Stock Prices

DIDI Decides To Delist - Now It Gets Messy

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/didi-chuxing-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27467:1" rel="noopener">DiDi Chuxing (DIDI US)</a> - China's largest ride-hailing app/service which is backed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> launched, then upsized, a mega-IPO to raise US$4.4bn. It was MUCH discussed on Smartkarma pre-IPO. Shares rose 1% on the IPO, rose 16% on Day 2, then fell 5% on Day 3 as the Cyberspace Administration of China <a href="http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-07/02/c_1626811521011934.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> (<a href="http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-07/02/c_1626811521011934.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-07/02/c_1626811521011934.htm</a>) a cyber security review of the Didi Travel app. Didi said they would cooperate with regulators. But there was a background to this.On 11 June, the Cyberspace Administration of China <a href="http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-06/11/c_1624994586637626.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> (<a href="http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-06/11/c_1624994586637626.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-06/11/c_1624994586637626.htm</a>) that 129 apps were being investigated for illegal collection and use of personal information. The investigation was noted in the IPO documents and Didi said then that they were working with regulators. Less well noted in public commentary because the list was long and the "work requirement" was all the way at the bottom of the page was that "the relevant App operator[s] shall complete the rectification within 15 working days from the date of this announcement, and send the rectification report with an official seal to" such-and-such an email address, and "If the rectification is not completed within the time limit, our office will deal with it in accordance with the law."Friday 2 July was the 15th working day. Today, the Cyberspace Administration of China took it one step further, <a href="http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-07/04/c_1627016782176163.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcing</a> (<a href="http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-07/04/c_1627016782176163.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-07/04/c_1627016782176163.htm</a>) it was instructing all platforms to remove the app from distribution. The stock was down 11% on Friday at one point before closing -5%. Monday is a holiday on the NYSE but a lot of attention will be paid to this news. Didi now has pride of place at the top of the league table for Who Has The Most Mentions On The Front Page of Regulator Websites.That's not necessarily a good thing for the stock. A brief review follows.

DiDi Chuxing (DIDI US) - China's largest ride-hailing app/service which is backed by Softbank Group (9984 JP) and Tencent (700 HK) launched, then upsized, a mega-IPO to raise US$4.4bn. It was MUCH discussed on Smartkarma pre-IPO. Shares rose 1% on the IPO, rose 16% on Day 2, then fell 5% on Day 3 as the Cyberspace Administration of China announced (http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-07/02/c_1626811521011934.htm) a cyber security review of the Didi Travel app. Didi said they would cooperate with regulators. But there was a background to this.On 11 June, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced (http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-06/11/c_1624994586637626.htm) that 129 apps were being investigated for illegal collection and use of personal information. The investigation was noted in the IPO documents and Didi said then that they were working with regulators. Less well noted in public commentary because the list was long and the "work requirement" was all the way at the bottom of the page was that "the relevant App operator[s] shall complete the rectification within 15 working days from the date of this announcement, and send the rectification report with an official seal to" such-and-such an email address, and "If the rectification is not completed within the time limit, our office will deal with it in accordance with the law."Friday 2 July was the 15th working day. Today, the Cyberspace Administration of China took it one step further, announcing (http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-07/04/c_1627016782176163.htm) it was instructing all platforms to remove the app from distribution. The stock was down 11% on Friday at one point before closing -5%. Monday is a holiday on the NYSE but a lot of attention will be paid to this news. Didi now has pride of place at the top of the league table for Who Has The Most Mentions On The Front Page of Regulator Websites.That's not necessarily a good thing for the stock. A brief review follows.

Didi Chuxing - Slammed by Regulators, Again. A Review of the Regulatory Timeline

DiDi Global

Didi Chuxing - Slammed by Regulators, Again. A Review of the Regulatory Timeline