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

HS Holdings (8699 JP) - Huge Q1, Even Better Q2 Ahead, The 2nd To Last Asset Sale... And a Pawnshop?

Khan Bank IPO Is Here - At IPO Price, the Stake Is Worth More than HS Holdings' Share Price

HS Holdings (8699 JP) Buyback - Adds More to BVPS

Sawada (8699 JP) Sells A Big Asset at > 2.5x Book; Now New Directors and New Advisory Board

Sawada/HS Holdings (8699) - A Quite Salutary Development.. And We Wait...

HS/Sawada:  Khan Bank IPO Decided, and Earnings in A Week To Show Sharp Gain in BVPS/Liquidity

Sawada/HS (8699) - A NON-Salutary Development

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>The saga that has been the Sawada now <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hs-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7311:1" rel="noopener">HS Holdings (8699 JP)</a> effective control change and change in Mongolian Banking Law has been interesting but the end game is clear.</li>
<li>Last week, the Mongolian parliament extended the listing deadline for the top 5 Mongolian banks from June 2022 to June 2023. The IPO has been pushed back. Which is good.</li>
<li>The stock is not what people think it is, and the implied PBR and PER of Khan Bank exposure on a cash-adjusted basis is VERY low. </li>
</ul>


The saga that has been the Sawada now HS Holdings (8699 JP) effective control change and change in Mongolian Banking Law has been interesting but the end game is clear.
Last week, the Mongolian parliament extended the listing deadline for the top 5 Mongolian banks from June 2022 to June 2023. The IPO has been pushed back. Which is good.
The stock is not what people think it is, and the implied PBR and PER of Khan Bank exposure on a cash-adjusted basis is VERY low. 


HS Holdings (8699 JP): Khan Bank IPO Delayed but Path Clear