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

Thinking Strategically About a Shinsei Position - Things To Do NOW

TOPIX October 2022 Rebal - BIG Names with BIG Flows

TOPIX October 2022 Rebal - Buy/Sell Baskets (May the Flow Be Ever In Your Favour)

The October TOPIX FFW Review and Shinsei Bank (8303)'s Future Float

2022 High Conviction - Shinsei Bank Update

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>Last Friday most of the way through the afternoon session, media reports ran a story saying <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sbi-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10928:1" rel="noopener">SBI Holdings (8473 JP)</a> had applied for a Bank Holding Company authorisation. </li>
<li>That is a filing with the FSA one makes when one wants to acquire &gt;50% of voting rights in an entity with a Banking license. Shares popped, and fell back. </li>
<li>They probably didn't pop enough. There is a BIG sell flow coming, but the timing is giri-giri on eventiness, and confident traders could take the whole trade.</li>
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Last Friday most of the way through the afternoon session, media reports ran a story saying SBI Holdings (8473 JP) had applied for a Bank Holding Company authorisation. 
That is a filing with the FSA one makes when one wants to acquire &gt;50% of voting rights in an entity with a Banking license. Shares popped, and fell back. 
They probably didn't pop enough. There is a BIG sell flow coming, but the timing is giri-giri on eventiness, and confident traders could take the whole trade.


SBI Applies for Bank Holdco License for Shinsei Stake. Aims to Go Above 50%. It's Coming.

SBI Shinsei Bank

SBI Applies for Bank Holdco License for Shinsei Stake. Aims to Go Above 50%. It's Coming.