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

MBK/Unison Launch ANOTHER Tender on Osstem Implant (048260 KS) To Squeeze Out Minorities

Osstem Implant: Potential M&A Fight Between KCGI And Founder Choi

KCGI Formally Goes Activist on Osstem Implant

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Just over a year ago, leading Korean dental implant and dentistry supply company <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/osstem-implant-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1450:1" rel="noopener">Osstem Implant (048260 KS)</a> announced the largest-ever embezzlement case in Korea. The stock was suspended.</li>
<li>There were fears about forced selling by the founder, and PE funds circled. Activist KCGI probably bought in Q3 but built a 5+% stake by end-December 2022.</li>
<li>Korean PE Firms MBK and Unison Capital have now launched an MBO-style Tender Offer to buy 2.4-11.2mm shares in the company at a sharp premium to the pre-activism undisturbed price.</li>
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Just over a year ago, leading Korean dental implant and dentistry supply company Osstem Implant (048260 KS) announced the largest-ever embezzlement case in Korea. The stock was suspended.
There were fears about forced selling by the founder, and PE funds circled. Activist KCGI probably bought in Q3 but built a 5+% stake by end-December 2022.
Korean PE Firms MBK and Unison Capital have now launched an MBO-style Tender Offer to buy 2.4-11.2mm shares in the company at a sharp premium to the pre-activism undisturbed price.


MBK/Unison Capital Korea Do a Deal for Osstem Implant (048260 KS) Thwarting Activist KCGI