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

Taking Advantage of Terumo (4543) Weakness And After-Offering Flow

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>On Thursday 29 August, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/terumo-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6708:1" rel="noopener">Terumo Corp (4543 JP)</a> announced a secondary offering where 7 major cross-holders would sell just under 5% of the shares outstanding to international investors. </li>
<li>In recent quarters, Terumo has seen better consensus EPS growth than Peers in recent quarters, and Peers have underperformed. Right now, Terumo isn't 'cheap' but consensus growth is strong.</li>
<li>This back-end demand in this case has enough moving parts that it bears a closer look. </li>
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On Thursday 29 August, Terumo Corp (4543 JP) announced a secondary offering where 7 major cross-holders would sell just under 5% of the shares outstanding to international investors. 
In recent quarters, Terumo has seen better consensus EPS growth than Peers in recent quarters, and Peers have underperformed. Right now, Terumo isn't 'cheap' but consensus growth is strong.
This back-end demand in this case has enough moving parts that it bears a closer look. 


Terumo (4543 JP) Secondary Offering - Smaller Than It Looks