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

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 14 Oct 2024); A HUGE 5td; Net Flows Strong but BABA Dominant

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 18 Oct 2024); Net Flows Big, Selling in Brokers, Buying in Props

A/H Premium Tracker (To 18 Oct 2024): AH Premia Drop Sharply; High Premia May Contract More

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 13 Sep 2024); Weak Data, Weak Markets, but BABA and Banks!

Mmg Limited 1208.HK - It's Got It All - Copper, EV's, and AI!

Japan Banks - Near End of Negative Rates BOJ, Deposits with BOJ to See Big Yield Rise, Not Only JGBs

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>SOUTHBOUND was a net buyer this week. But who cares. They actually net sold US$2bn of everything which was not <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK)</a>. </li>
<li>Bigger news, of course, was China's "Bazooka" which LOOKS exciting. Stocks are up 15-20% in four days. Lots of BIG numbers are being thrown around. Not everything is "real money."</li>
<li>It takes a little sleuthing to figure out where the real money is. For that, I suggest reading <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/china-s-maybe-biggish-quasi-bazooka" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:160299" rel="noopener">China's [Maybe] Biggish [Quasi?] Bazooka</a> and more below.</li>
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SOUTHBOUND was a net buyer this week. But who cares. They actually net sold US$2bn of everything which was not Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK). 
Bigger news, of course, was China's "Bazooka" which LOOKS exciting. Stocks are up 15-20% in four days. Lots of BIG numbers are being thrown around. Not everything is "real money."
It takes a little sleuthing to figure out where the real money is. For that, I suggest reading China's [Maybe] Biggish [Quasi?] Bazooka and more below.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 27 Sep 2024); Everything Changed This Week

HKEX

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 27 Sep 2024); Everything Changed This Week