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

Event-Driven

<h2>THE BACKGROUND</h2><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/19603" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19603">Yahoo Japan Corp</a>  (36.4% owned by Softbank and 35.5% owned by Yahoo Inc of the US) announced after the close today that it would launch a tender offer from December 16 to February 3 2016 to buy between 2/3 and 100% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/19139" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19139">Ikyu Corp</a> , a leading Japanese online hotel, resort, and restaurant reservation booking network, at a 42% premium to last trade, spending JPY 100.2bn yen. </p><p>President Masafumi Mori founded Ikyu's predecessor company 17yrs ago, launched ikyu.com in 2000, and owns 41.17%…</p>

THE BACKGROUNDYahoo Japan Corp  (36.4% owned by Softbank and 35.5% owned by Yahoo Inc of the US) announced after the close today that it would launch a tender offer from December 16 to February 3 2016 to buy between 2/3 and 100% of Ikyu Corp , a leading Japanese online hotel, resort, and restaurant reservation booking network, at a 42% premium to last trade, spending JPY 100.2bn yen. President Masafumi Mori founded Ikyu's predecessor company 17yrs ago, launched ikyu.com in 2000, and owns 41.17%…

Ikyu Corp

Yahoo Japan to Buy Ikyu