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

JSR (4185) - Very Juicy Arb Return At Expected Timeline

JSR (4185) - Possible Trouble in Arb Land as SUNY/CNSE Files Suit Against JSR Sub Inpria

JSR (4185) - Updated Information in SUNY Lawsuit, and Other Developments

JSR (4185 JP) Takeover - Why So Wide? FUD and Flows

JIC Launches a NOT-¥1trln Tender Offer for JSR (4185). Welcome? Yes. Overwhelming? Meh.

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Today after the close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jsr-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17620:1" rel="noopener">JSR Corp (4185 JP)</a> announced that the expected "end-December" commencement of JIC's Tender Offer to take the company private would be delayed. </li>
<li>This was somewhat expected to widely expected based on initial FUD which then gave way to "specialised reporting" a couple of weeks ago which indicated as much.</li>
<li>Here I look at potential implications, spreads, and risks. And it still looks like one has to let it run (and buy a dip).</li>
</ul>


Today after the close, JSR Corp (4185 JP) announced that the expected "end-December" commencement of JIC's Tender Offer to take the company private would be delayed. 
This was somewhat expected to widely expected based on initial FUD which then gave way to "specialised reporting" a couple of weeks ago which indicated as much.
Here I look at potential implications, spreads, and risks. And it still looks like one has to let it run (and buy a dip).


JSR (4185) - Deal Approval Unexpectedly Delayed, As Expected