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

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

SMALL-MIDCAP TOPIX INCLUSIONAt the end of last month, Japanese pile installation equipment specialist <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/8955" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8955:1">Giken Ltd (6289 JP)</a>, moved from the TSE2 to the TSE1. The company announced it at the time (and it had been confirmed 3 weeks earlier on June 9th.  This event triggers inclusion into the TOPIX Index. According to the TOPIX Index Methodology (described on p7 of the <a href="http://www.jpx.co.jp/english/markets/indices/topix/tvdivq00000030ne-att/e_cal_3_topix.pdf" target="_blank">TOPIX Index Guidebook</a>), inclusion will be on the last business day on the month following entrance into the First Section. This means…

SMALL-MIDCAP TOPIX INCLUSIONAt the end of last month, Japanese pile installation equipment specialist Giken Ltd (6289 JP), moved from the TSE2 to the TSE1. The company announced it at the time (and it had been confirmed 3 weeks earlier on June 9th.  This event triggers inclusion into the TOPIX Index. According to the TOPIX Index Methodology (described on p7 of the TOPIX Index Guidebook), inclusion will be on the last business day on the month following entrance into the First Section. This means…

Giken (6289) TSE1 Promotion & TOPIX Inclusion July 28th