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

<ul>
<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut - a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,500+ insights shared on Smartkarma.</li>
<li>In this cut, we spotlight the shifting sentiment towards Indian equities, highlight the investable universe in Singapore around data centres, and draw attention to the gaming industry across continents.</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 1,500+ insights shared on Smartkarma.
In this cut, we spotlight the shifting sentiment towards Indian equities, highlight the investable universe in Singapore around data centres, and draw attention to the gaming industry across continents.
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you'd like to see highlighted next.


Curator's Cut: Sentiment Shifts in India, Racking Up in Singapore & Gaming Across Borders

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

<ul>
<li>Rumours swirled this morning that Oaktree Capital Management was running a ruler over gaming/hospitality play <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/skycity-entertainment-group-00a0ce14-387d-4f1d-b139-b931447bd5dd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24919:1" rel="noopener">SkyCity Entertainment (SKC AU)</a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/skycity-entertainment-group-00a0ce14-387d-4f1d-b139-b931447bd5dd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24919:1" rel="noopener">.</a>
</li>
<li>In response to media speculation, SkyCity announced it had received two NBIOs in May: one at NZ$0.70/share from Oaktree; and one at NZ$0.75/share from "another party".</li>
<li>The AFR reckons the mystery buyer is Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital, the owner of Casino Canberra and Alice Spring’s Lasseters Hotel Casino. SkyCity rejected both Offers.</li>
</ul>


Rumours swirled this morning that Oaktree Capital Management was running a ruler over gaming/hospitality play SkyCity Entertainment (SKC AU).

In response to media speculation, SkyCity announced it had received two NBIOs in May: one at NZ$0.70/share from Oaktree; and one at NZ$0.75/share from "another party".
The AFR reckons the mystery buyer is Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital, the owner of Casino Canberra and Alice Spring’s Lasseters Hotel Casino. SkyCity rejected both Offers.


SkyCity Entertainment (SKC AU): Two NBIOs. Two Rejections

Fundamental Analyses, Contrarian Cashflows

Contrarian Cashflows

Fundamental Analyses

The purpose of Contrarian Cashflows is to document my investment research and share it with everyone who is interested in value investing. My long term aspiration for Contrarian Cashflows is to become a platform for professional investors and serious amateurs where they can get inspiration and discuss investing-related topics.
I plan to publish one company deep dive per month that is guided by my investment approach. All information I use for my write-ups is publicly available and most of the time directly sourced from public filings issued by the respective companies. To guarantee maximum transparency, for every post I provide a list of all used sources in the resources section.
Contrarian Cashflows is built around the principles of respect, honesty, open-mindedness and a touch of humour. Please consider these principles in any engagement interaction with me, other readers and the content on this blog. Misbehaviour is not tolerated.
If you want to reach out to me directly, the best way is via LinkedIn, Twitter or email. You can find the details at my homepage contrariancashflows.com

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Spark New Zealand (NZX/ASX: SPK) is a telecommunications group privatised in 1990 as the former state telephone monopoly, providing mobile, broadband and IT/cloud services (“Digital Services”) across New Zealand.</li><li>Spark already ran the obvious arbitrage: between 2022 and early 2026 it sold 100% of its mobile towers and 75% of its data-centre business to infrastructure buyers at 30-34x and up to 30.8x EBITDA respectively</li><li>Banking roughly NZ$1.98bn — rich prices for passive assets a generalist telecom market was never going to pay for the whole group.</li></ul>

Spark New Zealand (NZX/ASX: SPK) is a telecommunications group privatised in 1990 as the former state telephone monopoly, providing mobile, broadband and IT/cloud services (“Digital Services”) across New Zealand.Spark already ran the obvious arbitrage: between 2022 and early 2026 it sold 100% of its mobile towers and 75% of its data-centre business to infrastructure buyers at 30-34x and up to 30.8x EBITDA respectivelyBanking roughly NZ$1.98bn — rich prices for passive assets a generalist telecom market was never going to pay for the whole group.

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Oct 2nd (reported today). The aggregated short interest was USD50.5bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Northern Star Resources, Alcoa, Wesfarmers, Brambles, Suncorp.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Oct 2nd (reported today). The aggregated short interest was USD50.5bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Northern Star Resources, Alcoa, Wesfarmers, Brambles, Suncorp.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 2nd): Northern Star Resources, Alcoa, Wesfarmers, Brambles, Suncorp

<ul>
<li>I tally 34 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - arb transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Those arbs metrics and upcoming events are detailed below.</li>
<li>Three new deals were discussed on Smartkarma this week: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/peet-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15586:1" rel="noopener">Peet Ltd (PPC AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/carnaby-resources-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4197:1" rel="noopener">Carnaby Resources (CNB AU)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oue-healthcare-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:562:1" rel="noopener">OUE Healthcare (OUEHC SP)</a>.</li>
<li>Key updates/news also took place on: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/reliance-worldwide-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22690:1" rel="noopener">Reliance Worldwide Corp (RWC AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ausgold-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19133:1" rel="noopener">Ausgold Ltd (AUC AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dentsu-soken-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20535:1" rel="noopener">Dentsu Soken (4812 JP)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/golfzon-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16376:1" rel="noopener">Golfzon Holdings (121440 KS)</a>.</li>
</ul>


I tally 34 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - arb transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Those arbs metrics and upcoming events are detailed below.
Three new deals were discussed on Smartkarma this week: Peet Ltd (PPC AU), Carnaby Resources (CNB AU), and OUE Healthcare (OUEHC SP).
Key updates/news also took place on: Reliance Worldwide Corp (RWC AU), Ausgold Ltd (AUC AU), Dentsu Soken (4812 JP), and Golfzon Holdings (121440 KS).


Asia-Pac Weekly Wrap: Dentsu Soken, Peet, Carnaby Resources, Reliance Worldwide, Ausgold, Golfzon

Australia

SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd. provides gaming and casino services. The Company offers various casinos accompanied with various bars, hotels, restaurants, and convention centers. SKYCITY Entertainment Group offers services in Australia and New Zealand.

Price Gauge
52-week Range	0.00 - 0.00
Market Cap (USDm)	0.00
P/E	0.00
Dividend (Yield)	0.00

Skycity Entertainment (SKC AU)

Curator's Cut: Sentiment Shifts in India, Racking Up in Singapore & Gaming Across Borders

This Curator's Cut highlights changing sentiment in Indian equities, Singapore data centres, and global gaming industry. Share your theme...

Pranav Rao