Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

I investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

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Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>Until mid-January each year, local brokerages sell blue-chip stocks as they most aggressively engage in yearend dividend arb plays. They are repeatedly busy closing the arb positions until mid-January.</li>
<li>Local pensions' selling SKT can be interpreted as a preemptive portfolio cleaning to include LG Energy. Compared to other local institutions, pensions often become the first to do cleaning trading.</li>
<li>As we are past mid-January, the position closing for the yearend arb play should have been over. So entering SKT now doesn't seem like a bad idea.</li>
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Until mid-January each year, local brokerages sell blue-chip stocks as they most aggressively engage in yearend dividend arb plays. They are repeatedly busy closing the arb positions until mid-January.
Local pensions' selling SKT can be interpreted as a preemptive portfolio cleaning to include LG Energy. Compared to other local institutions, pensions often become the first to do cleaning trading.
As we are past mid-January, the position closing for the yearend arb play should have been over. So entering SKT now doesn't seem like a bad idea.


SK Telecom at a 6+% Dividend Yield: Entry Timing Analysis