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

E-Commerce in Japan: Omnichannel Consolidation

The Next Step in Lawson's Big Boots Adventure - KDDI and MitCorp to Take It Private

KDDI and Lawson: Building an Ecosystem from a Base of Loyalty Points

Retail Media in Japan: More Revenue for Retailers, More Sales for Brands

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>KDDI has announced the launch tomorrow of its Tender Offer to buy out the minorities in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lawson-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1040:1" rel="noopener">Lawson Inc (2651 JP)</a>. </li>
<li>It's still too cheap. It is still a somewhat non-transparent and unfair process as far as I can tell. And it does not adhere to the METI Fair M&amp;A Guidelines. </li>
<li>There SHOULD BE some activist interest to get KDDI to bump but it is not clear that will show up. </li>
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KDDI has announced the launch tomorrow of its Tender Offer to buy out the minorities in Lawson Inc (2651 JP). 
It's still too cheap. It is still a somewhat non-transparent and unfair process as far as I can tell. And it does not adhere to the METI Fair M&amp;A Guidelines. 
There SHOULD BE some activist interest to get KDDI to bump but it is not clear that will show up. 


KDDI Launches Tender To Buy Out Lawson (2651) - Still Far Too Cheap