Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/resonac-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1496:1" rel="noopener">Resonac Holdings (4004 JP)</a> is worth more than ¥200/share over the medium-term. But expect this <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crasus-chemical" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:58630:1" rel="noopener">Crasus Chemical (646A JP)</a> spinoff to create trading and accumulation opportunities in the near future.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tokio-marine-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7591:1" rel="noopener">Tokio Marine (8766 JP)</a> reportedly identified <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suncorp-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4218:1" rel="noopener">Suncorp (SUN AU)</a>. It's a clean play after selling Suncorp Bank to ANZ. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/insurance-australia-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:712:1" rel="noopener">IAG (IAG AU)</a> is now cleaner after settling the Greensill litigation.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/legend-holdings-corporation-class-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:517:1" rel="noopener">Legend Holdings (3396 HK)</a> remains deeply valued. It is now seeking to offload its 90% stake in Banque Internationale à Luxembourg for ~HK$23bn. </li>
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Resonac Holdings (4004 JP) is worth more than ¥200/share over the medium-term. But expect this Crasus Chemical (646A JP) spinoff to create trading and accumulation opportunities in the near future.

Tokio Marine (8766 JP) reportedly identified Suncorp (SUN AU). It's a clean play after selling Suncorp Bank to ANZ. IAG (IAG AU) is now cleaner after settling the Greensill litigation.

Legend Holdings (3396 HK) remains deeply valued. It is now seeking to offload its 90% stake in Banque Internationale à Luxembourg for ~HK$23bn. 


Last Week In Event SPACE: Resonac, Tokio Marine/Suncorp/IAG, Legend, Chery Automobile

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 <li>Resonac is a key player in the high-growth semiconductor materials market, with a leading global market share in several product categories, particularly in back-end processes.</li>
 <li>The company is in a transformative phase following the 2023 merger of Showa Denko and Hitachi Chemical, focusing on portfolio optimization, synergy realization, and shifting towards high-value-add functional chemicals.</li>
 <li>Financial performance is showing strong recovery and momentum, driven by robust demand for AI-related semiconductor materials, though the company's valuation is at a significant premium to its peers.</li>
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  Resonac is a key player in the high-growth semiconductor materials market, with a leading global market share in several product categories, particularly in back-end processes.
  The company is in a transformative phase following the 2023 merger of Showa Denko and Hitachi Chemical, focusing on portfolio optimization, synergy realization, and shifting towards high-value-add functional chemicals.
  Financial performance is showing strong recovery and momentum, driven by robust demand for AI-related semiconductor materials, though the company's valuation is at a significant premium to its peers.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: Resonac Holdings  (4004 JP) - Aug 2026

CEO / Founder, Crea8

Kim-Hwa Lim

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Crea8 blends AI-driven precision, big data scalability, and rigorous quantitative frameworks with seasoned human insight. By extracting actionable intelligence from vast global datasets, we eliminate emotional bias and deliver optimal risk-adjusted returns. Our hybrid approach uncovers hidden market efficiencies and ensures your capital is dynamically positioned across markets.

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<ul>
<li>The strategy seeks to invest in companies that provide life’s essential goods and services.</li>
<li>These companies support our societal well-being and are less likely to be subject to hype.</li>
<li>By adopting a portfolio of stocks instead of individual stocks, the strategy is diversified across countries and industries; and optimised with respect to their expected risks and returns.</li>
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The strategy seeks to invest in companies that provide life’s essential goods and services.
These companies support our societal well-being and are less likely to be subject to hype.
By adopting a portfolio of stocks instead of individual stocks, the strategy is diversified across countries and industries; and optimised with respect to their expected risks and returns.


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Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

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<li>China has responded to Japan's military rhetoric and actions by announcing a ban on all exports deemed dual-use for Japan's military, including rare earths.</li>
<li>China launched an anti-dumping probe into Dichlorosilane, a material primarily used in thin films for producing logic, memory, analog, and other types of chips.</li>
<li>The trade measures affect a broad range of Japan's industries, including automotive, chemicals, electronics, semiconductor equipment, chip-making materials, and robotics.  The U.S. response to tensions between China and Japan remains limited.</li>
</ul>


China has responded to Japan's military rhetoric and actions by announcing a ban on all exports deemed dual-use for Japan's military, including rare earths.
China launched an anti-dumping probe into Dichlorosilane, a material primarily used in thin films for producing logic, memory, analog, and other types of chips.
The trade measures affect a broad range of Japan's industries, including automotive, chemicals, electronics, semiconductor equipment, chip-making materials, and robotics.  The U.S. response to tensions between China and Japan remains limited.


Japan Trade: CHINA SAYS, "YOU MADE YOUR FUTON, NOW LIE IN IT!"

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

Index Rebalance

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<li>The semiconductors pivot is paying off as the stock price rally has increased market cap to the point where <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/resonac-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1496:1" rel="noopener">Resonac Holdings (4004 JP)</a> should be added to a global index.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/resonac-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1496:1" rel="noopener">Resonac Holdings (4004 JP)</a> has outperformed peers over the last 3 months and now trades at a premium on most valuation metrics.</li>
<li>Positioning appears to be building up and there could be more upside in the stock ahead of passives buying a large chunk of the existing free float.</li>
</ul>


The semiconductors pivot is paying off as the stock price rally has increased market cap to the point where Resonac Holdings (4004 JP) should be added to a global index.

Resonac Holdings (4004 JP) has outperformed peers over the last 3 months and now trades at a premium on most valuation metrics.
Positioning appears to be building up and there could be more upside in the stock ahead of passives buying a large chunk of the existing free float.


Resonac Holdings (4004 JP): Semiconductor Pivot, Expensive Valuations & Global Index Inclusion

Japan

Resonac Holdings Corporation manufactures and distributes chemical products. The Company produces synthetic resins, petrochemical products, inorganics, and other related products. Resonac Holdings also produces ceramics, metals, carbon, electronic materials, and other products.

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Resonac Holdings (4004 JP)

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Resonac's pivot to semis has led to the stock going up 5x over the last year, outperforming peers and trading expensive on most valuation metrics....

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