Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

Commodities

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<li>Critical Minerals Outside of China Will Command A Strategic Premium</li>
<li>As risk appetite in the mining sector increases, the biggest gains will be in the junior miners and exploration companies</li>
<li>We highlight eight companies as a basket of such miners which should benefit from these trends</li>
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Critical Minerals Outside of China Will Command A Strategic Premium
As risk appetite in the mining sector increases, the biggest gains will be in the junior miners and exploration companies
We highlight eight companies as a basket of such miners which should benefit from these trends


A Basket of High-Risk, High-Reward, Critical Metal Miners with Strategic Value - Pt 1

Director, Head of Research, Smartkarma

Pranav Rao

Director, Head of Research

Smartkarma

Smartkarma unites the fragmented investment industry, connecting institutional investors, independent research providers, and corporates within a single network.

Research Reinvented

Event-Driven

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<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,000+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma</li>
<li>In this cut, we review the global focus on critical minerals, how ASEAN's digital economy can grow amidst political uncertainty, and how IT services have fared with AI</li>
<li>Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next</li>
</ul>


Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,000+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma
In this cut, we review the global focus on critical minerals, how ASEAN's digital economy can grow amidst political uncertainty, and how IT services have fared with AI
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next


Curator's Cut: Critical Minerals' Rise, SEA's Digital Promise & IT Services in Flux

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>Increasing US and Australian ties in the critical minerals space provide some opportunities</li>
<li>After the initial hype and capital raisings, better entry prices have arisen</li>
<li>The upside-downside ratio is  high and government support provides a backstop</li>
</ul>


Increasing US and Australian ties in the critical minerals space provide some opportunities
After the initial hype and capital raisings, better entry prices have arisen
The upside-downside ratio is  high and government support provides a backstop


A Basket of Strategic, Speculative Australian Mining Stocks

Global Materials | Industrials | Commodities

Rahul Jain

<ul>
<li>CNRE delivered strong H1 results and downstream momentum, but its valuation remains elevated even after the pullback.</li>
<li>Shenghe offers superior risk-adjusted value with cleaner pricing leverage and materially lower multiples.</li>
<li>Lynas still trades on geopolitical scarcity, not earnings strength, making it suitable only as strategic optionality.</li>
</ul>


CNRE delivered strong H1 results and downstream momentum, but its valuation remains elevated even after the pullback.
Shenghe offers superior risk-adjusted value with cleaner pricing leverage and materially lower multiples.
Lynas still trades on geopolitical scarcity, not earnings strength, making it suitable only as strategic optionality.


Rare Earths 2025: Improving Fundamentals, Limited Valuation Headroom

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

Clarity Pharmaceuticals Ltd / Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for ASX 200, 100, 50, and 20 in the run-up to the December 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect two changes for ASX 50, two changes for ASX 100, and seven changes for ASX 200.</li>
<li>The official index changes will be announced after the close on Friday 5th December 2025.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for ASX 200, 100, 50, and 20 in the run-up to the December 2025 index rebal event.
We expect two changes for ASX 50, two changes for ASX 100, and seven changes for ASX 200.
The official index changes will be announced after the close on Friday 5th December 2025.


Quiddity Leaderboard ASX Dec25: Reference Period Ending Soon; Some Surprises Possible

Australia

Lynas Corporation Limited explores and mines for rare earth minerals such as cerium and neodymium.

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Lynas Corp Ltd (LYC AU)

A Basket of High-Risk, High-Reward, Critical Metal Miners with Strategic Value - Pt 1

US/Oz have signed The Critical Minerals Framework -commits the countries to invest more than $3 B over 6 months jointly and supports a pipeline of...

Rikki Malik

Curator's Cut: Critical Minerals' Rise, SEA's Digital Promise & IT Services in Flux

In this cut, we review the global focus on critical minerals, how ASEAN's digital economy can grow amidst political uncertainty, and how IT...

Pranav Rao

A Basket of Strategic, Speculative Australian Mining Stocks

One member of the basket $EMH is up >80% today as it has received confirmation that its Cinovec lithium project in the Czech Republic has been...

Rikki Malik

Rare Earths 2025: Improving Fundamentals, Limited Valuation Headroom

CNRE shows strong performance but high valuation; Shenghe offers better value with lower multiples; Lynas is more about geopolitical scarcity than...

Rahul Jain

Quiddity Leaderboard ASX Dec25: Reference Period Ending Soon; Some Surprises Possible

We have revised our expectations for ASX 100 (please see discussion point below the insight). These are our final expectations for the December...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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A Basket of High-Risk, High-Reward, Critical Metal Miners with Strategic Value - Pt 1

US/Oz have signed The Critical Minerals Framework -commits the countries to invest more than $3 B over 6 months jointly and supports a pipeline of...

Rikki Malik

Curator's Cut: Critical Minerals' Rise, SEA's Digital Promise & IT Services in Flux

In this cut, we review the global focus on critical minerals, how ASEAN's digital economy can grow amidst political uncertainty, and how IT...

Pranav Rao

A Basket of Strategic, Speculative Australian Mining Stocks

One member of the basket $EMH is up >80% today as it has received confirmation that its Cinovec lithium project in the Czech Republic has been...

Rikki Malik

Rare Earths 2025: Improving Fundamentals, Limited Valuation Headroom

​CNRE shows strong performance but high valuation; Shenghe offers better value with lower multiples; Lynas is more about geopolitical scarcity than...

Rahul Jain

Quiddity Leaderboard ASX Dec25: Reference Period Ending Soon; Some Surprises Possible

We have revised our expectations for ASX 100 (please see discussion point below the insight). These are our final expectations for the December...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

CNRE shows strong performance but high valuation; Shenghe offers better value with lower multiples; Lynas is more about geopolitical scarcity than...