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

The Activism at TBS - There's a History, And There Is NEW Activity, But Don't Hold Your Breath

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Three years ago I wrote a <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/the-activism-at-tbs-there-s-a-history-and-there-is-new-activity-but-don-t-hold-your-breath" target="_blank" rel="noopener">piece</a> about the history of activism at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tokyo-broadcasting-system" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12981:1" rel="noopener">Tokyo Broadcasting System (9401 JP)</a>, suggesting it was not expensive but activist gains might be hard won.</li>
<li>Yesterday, TBS announced it would sell strategic cross-holdings to raise cash for investment, as per its Medium-Term Management Plan 2023, and its full-year forecast Net Profit would rise 75%.</li>
<li>That tells you what you need to know, and it guides you to the value within. </li>
</ul>


Three years ago I wrote a piece about the history of activism at Tokyo Broadcasting System (9401 JP), suggesting it was not expensive but activist gains might be hard won.
Yesterday, TBS announced it would sell strategic cross-holdings to raise cash for investment, as per its Medium-Term Management Plan 2023, and its full-year forecast Net Profit would rise 75%.
That tells you what you need to know, and it guides you to the value within. 


TBS (9401) Selling Cross-Holdings But Don't Hold Your Breath