Electrification, AI-driven demand, trade fragmentation, and resource nationalism are reshaping the commodities playbook. In this Global Alts Asia panel, leaders from Clean Alpha Partners, CoreCommodity Management, Bloomberg, and Akin unpack how to position across cycles—without mistaking ideology for investability.
Moderator
Robert Watts, COO & Head of Finance, APAC — Marex
- Speakers
- Matt Starick, CIO — Clean Alpha Partners
- Eliot H. Geller, Partner — CoreCommodity Management
- Michelle Leung, Head, Asia Metals & Mining, Sustainability — Bloomberg
- JP Bruynes, Partner, Investment Management — Akin
What you’ll learn
- Where the cycle is headed: Energy transition math (copper, lithium, aluminum, nickel, rare earths), “electro-states,” and why equity optionality on tier-one resources matters.
- USD vs. metals: Which metals show the strongest inverse correlation and how that flows through to miners’ beta.
- Supply, capex & scarcity signals: China’s copper M&A (DRC/Zambia/Peru), degrading ore quality, lease rates spiking (silver/platinum), and what that means for pricing.
- Portfolio construction: Long-only for inflation sensitivity & diversification vs. long/short to monetize volatility—how allocators are blending both.
- Rare earths & geopolitics: Navigating China’s 90% share, ex-China optionality, and two-tier markets for magnet supply chains.
- Aluminum realignment: Tariff impacts, EU smelter cuts, recycled aluminum’s structural bid, and why power markets drive location decisions.
- Regulatory tailwinds: SEC/CFTC/NFA shifts, product clarity (crypto, prediction markets), and what deregulation means for cost, enforcement risk, and market access.
If you touch commodities, direct, via miners, or through indices/active sleeves, this session gives you the practical frameworks to size, time, and govern exposure.
