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

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<p>This week in StubWorld ...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-industries-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4500:1" rel="noopener">Toyota Industries (6201 JP)</a> is up 37% in the past six months compared to ~4% for 8.5%-held <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota Motor (7203 JP)</a> and ~13% for the TOPIX. As a result, the implied stub is at a decade high.</p>
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<div class="content-caption">Source: CapIQ. Lines for 6201 &amp; 7203 are base 100 from 10 years ago</div>
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<p>The stub expansion is likely driven by the demand for materials handling equipment, such as forklifts. Yet the implied stub ops have increased ¥482bn in value since late August. This is excessive. </p>
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<p>More below the fold.</p>
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<p>Preceding my comments on Toyota 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 ...
Toyota Industries (6201 JP) is up 37% in the past six months compared to ~4% for 8.5%-held Toyota Motor (7203 JP) and ~13% for the TOPIX. As a result, the implied stub is at a decade high.





Source: CapIQ. Lines for 6201 &amp; 7203 are base 100 from 10 years ago


The stub expansion is likely driven by the demand for materials handling equipment, such as forklifts. Yet the implied stub ops have increased ¥482bn in value since late August. This is excessive. 


More below the fold.

Preceding my comments on Toyota 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%.





StubWorld: Toyota Industries Unjustified Outperformance Vs. Toyota Motors