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

KLine (Kawasaki Kisen (9107)) - ToSTNeT-3 For All The Marbles

KLine (9107) Buyback Redux-Squared - Post-Buyback Could Get Squeezy

KLINE (9107) CEO Comes Out Swinging - More LPG Carriers and More Shareholder Returns THIS YEAR

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Strong but slightly disappointing Q2 earnings from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kawasaki-kisen-kaisha-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3548:1" rel="noopener">Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP)</a>, and full-year forecasts are higher, but not as high as consensus. </li>
<li>The company has announced a buyback, to be executed on ToSTNeT-3. Effissimo and Mizuho Bank will participate. Other crossholders could too. </li>
<li>Strategy depends on whether you think they will. If they do not, post-buyback float drops sharply.</li>
</ul>


Strong but slightly disappointing Q2 earnings from Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP), and full-year forecasts are higher, but not as high as consensus. 
The company has announced a buyback, to be executed on ToSTNeT-3. Effissimo and Mizuho Bank will participate. Other crossholders could too. 
Strategy depends on whether you think they will. If they do not, post-buyback float drops sharply.


KLine (Kawasaki Kisen 9107) Announced Q2 Earnings and Possibly Game-Able Buyback (And Index Impact)