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

Sony FINALLY Takes Out Sony Financial in Tender Offer

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sony-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:563:1" rel="noopener">Sony Corp (6758 JP)</a> reported earnings on 28 April, which saw profit-taking the next day after a brief two-day run-up, as revenues, OP, and NP were guided down.</li>
<li>There previous ¥200bn buyback ended about two weeks later. Yesterday they launched a new ¥200bn buyback, and the stock reacted well this AM. And then BIG new news this morning.</li>
<li>Sony <a href="https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/strategy/pdf/2023/press_E.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an assessment of a partial spin-off of Sony Financial. Assessment this FY, spinoff "within next 2-3yrs" (if possible). This garnered more excitement. Brief analysis of both follows.</li>
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Sony Corp (6758 JP) reported earnings on 28 April, which saw profit-taking the next day after a brief two-day run-up, as revenues, OP, and NP were guided down.
There previous ¥200bn buyback ended about two weeks later. Yesterday they launched a new ¥200bn buyback, and the stock reacted well this AM. And then BIG new news this morning.
Sony announced an assessment of a partial spin-off of Sony Financial. Assessment this FY, spinoff "within next 2-3yrs" (if possible). This garnered more excitement. Brief analysis of both follows.


Sony (6758 JP) - Big-But-Meh Buyback, and Bigger Potential Sony Financial Spinoff