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

NEC Network & System Integration (1973) Gets More Interesting - The Landscape Has Changed

NEC Parent Tender Offer for NEC Network & SysInt (1973 JP) - Long Expected, Low Premium (¥3250)

Nec Networks & System Integr (1973 JP): 1H FY03/25 flash update

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Nec Networks & System Integr / Event-Driven

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<li>On 29-October, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nec-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17084:1" rel="noopener">NEC Corp (6701 JP)</a> announced a low-ball TOB to buy out subsidiary <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nec-networks-system-integr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16396:1" rel="noopener">Nec Networks &amp; System Integr (1973 JP)</a>. It deserved activism, but finding an activist was tough.</li>
<li>On 7 November, it got an activist, and I wrote on 8-November the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nec-network-system-integration-1973-gets-more-interesting-the-landscape-has-changed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Landscape Had Changed</a> that they might have bought 6mm shares more in 5 days. They bought 8.4mm.</li>
<li>The Landscape Has FULLY Changed. The details now matter quite a bit. NEC has two basic choices. Neither are that palatable. But Target Advisor DCF was ¥3,073-4,688 without synergies.</li>
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On 29-October, NEC Corp (6701 JP) announced a low-ball TOB to buy out subsidiary Nec Networks &amp; System Integr (1973 JP). It deserved activism, but finding an activist was tough.
On 7 November, it got an activist, and I wrote on 8-November the Landscape Had Changed that they might have bought 6mm shares more in 5 days. They bought 8.4mm.
The Landscape Has FULLY Changed. The details now matter quite a bit. NEC has two basic choices. Neither are that palatable. But Target Advisor DCF was ¥3,073-4,688 without synergies.


NEC Network (1973 JP) Tender Offer - The Landscape Has Fully Changed