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

Thoughts on Amazon –What Does Its Valuation Tells Us?

Netflix & Amazon Expand in Korea – Not a Coincidence

Okja: The Fight Between Netflix Vs. CJ CGV

Quiddity Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Japan Consumer discretionary / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<h2>The Background</h2><p>The establishment of the <strong><a href="http://www.jpx.co.jp/english/equities/listing/cg/tvdivq0000008jdy-att/20150513.pdf" target="_blank">Japan Corporate Governance Code</a></strong> in 2015 was a beginning step to better governance at stodgy Japanese corporations where boards have often been composed largely of insiders and their friends, financial acuity or expertise of board members was sorely lacking, and treatment of minority shareholders has often been dodgy at best. The Japan Corporate Governance Code ("JCGC") which sets rules regarding whistle-blowing, disclosure, stakeholders’ rights and more, is…</p>

The BackgroundThe establishment of the Japan Corporate Governance Code in 2015 was a beginning step to better governance at stodgy Japanese corporations where boards have often been composed largely of insiders and their friends, financial acuity or expertise of board members was sorely lacking, and treatment of minority shareholders has often been dodgy at best. The Japan Corporate Governance Code ("JCGC") which sets rules regarding whistle-blowing, disclosure, stakeholders’ rights and more, is…

NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) (9432 JP)

Japan Crossholdings: Japan Exchange's Sale of SGX Shares Sets A Precedent - Watch Closely