Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Swire Pac (19 HK): Cathay's Operating Cash (Almost) Breaking Even

StubWorld: Cathay Pacific - Still Grounded

StubWorld: Swire's All-Time Low Stub, But ..

Swire (19 HK) Trading Cheap. Heading Cheaper On Cathay Woes

StubWorld: Swire Shedding Property Amidst Leasing Funk

Swire Pacific: Oslo Spin-Off For Windfarm Installation Ops

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Bottom-Up

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swire-pacific-ltd-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10433:1" rel="noopener">Swire Pacific (A) (19 HK)</a> has gained 78% from its low at the end of October last year, compared to 13% for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swire-properties-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5775:1" rel="noopener">Swire Properties (1972 HK)</a> and 20% for the HSI.</p>
<p>Swire's NAV discount has been narrower in the past, but it's questionable how much reliance can be placed on historical data.</p>
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<p>Preceding my comments on Swire are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</p>
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<p>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity threshold of US$1mn on a 90-day moving average, and a % market capitalisation threshold - the $ value of the holding/opco held, over the parent’s market capitalisation, expressed in percent - of at least 20%.</p>
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This week in StubWorld ...



Swire Pacific (A) (19 HK) has gained 78% from its low at the end of October last year, compared to 13% for Swire Properties (1972 HK) and 20% for the HSI.
Swire's NAV discount has been narrower in the past, but it's questionable how much reliance can be placed on historical data.



Preceding my comments on Swire are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.




These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity threshold of US$1mn on a 90-day moving average, and a % market capitalisation threshold - the $ value of the holding/opco held, over the parent’s market capitalisation, expressed in percent - of at least 20%.



Swire Pacific (A)

StubWorld: Swire Pac's Outperformance