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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Chinese battery titan Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) has broken ground on a nearly $6 billion project in Indonesia, marking a bold strategic move to secure crucial materials and expand its manufacturing footprint beyond China.</li><li>The project — a joint venture between CATL subsidiary CBL, Indonesia’s state-owned miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), and the state-backed Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC) — has officially started construction, CATL said Wednesday.</li><li>More than three years in the making, the initiative underscores the ambition of the world’s largest battery manufacturer to reinforce its global standing amid increasingly complex geopolitical dynamics.</li></ul>

Chinese battery titan Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) has broken ground on a nearly $6 billion project in Indonesia, marking a bold strategic move to secure crucial materials and expand its manufacturing footprint beyond China.The project — a joint venture between CATL subsidiary CBL, Indonesia’s state-owned miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), and the state-backed Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC) — has officially started construction, CATL said Wednesday.More than three years in the making, the initiative underscores the ambition of the world’s largest battery manufacturer to reinforce its global standing amid increasingly complex geopolitical dynamics.

CATL Breaks Ground on $6 Billion Indonesian Battery Hub 

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist, Clifton Derivatives

John Ley

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist

Clifton Derivatives

Independent derivative and volatility research firm focusing on events/catalysts, earnings, relative value and cross asset volatility strategies.

Equity Derivatives

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Equity Derivatives

<ul>
<li>CATL’s options debut in Hong Kong has been active, with strong Call interest and rising open interest suggesting early investor enthusiasm.</li>
<li>Implied vols are holding firm post-listing and appear rich —potentially justifiable given the trading dynamics and catalysts.</li>
<li>We recommend a tactical hedge structure that skews return favourably, targeting recent highs and protecting against downside drift.</li>
</ul>


CATL’s options debut in Hong Kong has been active, with strong Call interest and rising open interest suggesting early investor enthusiasm.
Implied vols are holding firm post-listing and appear rich —potentially justifiable given the trading dynamics and catalysts.
We recommend a tactical hedge structure that skews return favourably, targeting recent highs and protecting against downside drift.


CATL (3750.HK): Rich Vols, Strong Start, and a Tactical Hedge

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

Equity Capital Markets

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma</li>
<li>In this cut, we look at Korea's compelling valuation versus AxJ equities, CATL’s blockbuster Hong Kong listing and its market implications, and explore copper's price surge amidst Chinese demand</li>
<li>Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you think should be highlighted next</li>
</ul>


Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma
In this cut, we look at Korea's compelling valuation versus AxJ equities, CATL’s blockbuster Hong Kong listing and its market implications, and explore copper's price surge amidst Chinese demand
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you think should be highlighted next


Curator's Cut: Korea's Value, CATL's Charge and Copper's Surge

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/foshan-haitian-flavouring-food-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15577:1" rel="noopener">Foshan Haitian Flavouring &amp; Food (603288 CH)</a> might launch its A/H listing this week.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there were a number of large deals across the region, with notable ones in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/itc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:327:1" rel="noopener">ITC Ltd (ITC IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/interglobe-aviation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24877:1" rel="noopener">InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INDIGO IN).</a>
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</ul>


Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, Foshan Haitian Flavouring &amp; Food (603288 CH) might launch its A/H listing this week.
On the placements front, there were a number of large deals across the region, with notable ones in ITC Ltd (ITC IN) and InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INDIGO IN).



ECM Weekly (2 June 2025) -Indigo, ITC, EBOS, Isuzu, Foshan Haitian, Lens Tech, Seres, Schloss, Aegis

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>The buying in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technology-co-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45179:1" rel="noopener">Contemporary Amperex Technology (3750 HK)</a> over the last couple of days has dragged <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technolog" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)</a> higher as the arbs trade the AH spread.</li>
<li>The Fast Entry into a global index could keep <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technology-co-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45179:1" rel="noopener">CATL (3750 HK)</a> supported over the next few trading days, but reality will take hold pretty soon.</li>
<li>Short <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technology-co-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45179:1" rel="noopener">CATL (3750 HK)</a> / long <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technolog" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">CATL (300750 CH)</a> offers great risk/reward, while an outright <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technology-co-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45179:1" rel="noopener">CATL (3750 HK)</a> short offers higher return albeit at a much higher level of risk.</li>
</ul>


The buying in Contemporary Amperex Technology (3750 HK) over the last couple of days has dragged Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH) higher as the arbs trade the AH spread.
The Fast Entry into a global index could keep CATL (3750 HK) supported over the next few trading days, but reality will take hold pretty soon.
Short CATL (3750 HK) / long CATL (300750 CH) offers great risk/reward, while an outright CATL (3750 HK) short offers higher return albeit at a much higher level of risk.


China

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited. operates as a battery products manufacturing company. The Company produces and sells power battery materials, energy storage batteries energy storage battery cells, systems, and other products. Contemporary Amperex Technology also provides batteries recycling services.

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