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

Meituan (3690 HK) - US$16bn of Shares To Be Delivered This Week

Meituan (3690 HK) Distro - Prosus Shares Hit CCASS. What We Know And What We Don't Know

Tencent (700 HK) To Divest Meituan (3690 HK) - Impact and Index Implications

Tencent Distribution of Meituan Shares Official - Impact and Index Implications

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

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Days after the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> announcement about its planned distribution of the bulk of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a> shares it owns, the Hang Seng Index team <a href="https://www.hsi.com.hk/static/uploads/contents/en/news/indexChgNotice/20221122T000000.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clarified</a> index treatment.</li>
<li>It will be treated in HS Indices as a "listed non-cash distribution" for Tencent. There is theoretically wiggle room on the Meituan side, but it appears it will follow JD.com.</li>
<li>That means Meituan selling on 4 January at the close, limbo for two months, then Meituan buying. Full model below.</li>
</ul>


Days after the Tencent (700 HK) announcement about its planned distribution of the bulk of the Meituan (3690 HK) shares it owns, the Hang Seng Index team clarified index treatment.
It will be treated in HS Indices as a "listed non-cash distribution" for Tencent. There is theoretically wiggle room on the Meituan side, but it appears it will follow JD.com.
That means Meituan selling on 4 January at the close, limbo for two months, then Meituan buying. Full model below.


Meituan Index Flows Clarifications on the Tencent Distribution; Prosus Comments on Its Holdings

YRGLM Inc.

Meituan Index Flows Clarifications on the Tencent Distribution; Prosus Comments on Its Holdings