Thematic Investments

Four main forces drive large scale-growth in the world today – demographics, innovation, globalisation and scarcity. You can then distill these growth drivers into underlying themes and invest in companies that serve them. As these themes are poised to be large growth drivers in the world today and in the future, we can expect them to produce high potential returns over the long term.

4 main large scale-growth drivers:

  1. Demographics

  2. Innovation

  3. Globalisation

  4. Scarcity

When you break down these secular growth drivers, you’ll find the underlying themes behind them to be:

  • Accelerating innovation and complexity

  • Increasing digitalisation

  • Increasing global regulatory oversight

  • Growing Internet of Things devices connection and data acquisition

  • Global flows of data and globalisation of risk

  • Urbanisation in Emerging Markets

  • Developed market infrastructure spend

  • Emerging market demographic changes

  • Ever increasing global regulation

  • Global flows of people, services and globalisation of risk.

 

As these themes are poised to be large growth drivers in the modern world, investing in companies that serve these themes can potentially lead to substantial returns over the long term.

 

AI & Robotics

The automation and technological improvements wrought by Artificial Intelligence and Robotics are changing the way we live, interact and do business.

This progress has accelerated due to the combination of significant advancements in performance capabilities and rapidly declining costs in key enabling technologies. Use cases are many, and growing – from opportunities in industrial and medical automation to office tasks, supply chain and consumer services.

Water

Water is a limited resource, and we cannot live without it. Its provision is subject to growing demands to meet and sustain demographic and economic growth.

The ever-growing water service and technology industry therefore represents a large, diversified and differentiated investment opportunity within the thematic investment universe ranging from water infrastructure, to pollution control and demand efficiency.

 
 
 

Safety

The relentless march of technological change creates new risks to the safety and security of individuals, businesses and governments. Yet, as new threats emerge to this basic need, new countermeasures are likewise developed to mitigate them.

This ever-growing demand for greater safety and security applies to all aspect of our lives – from data protection and secure payment, to airport security, home security, food security and safe transport.

Subscription Economy

Post COVID-19, we are seeing a big rise in the growth drivers behind subscription services as more consumers conduct interactions online. There has been a shift in consumer preferences towards the convenience that subscriptions offer, allowing us access to previously unaffordable and inaccessible products or services. More people are shifting away from a buy and waste approach and place less importance on the value of ownership.

For this theme, the B2C opportunities lie in online streaming, games and media whilst offline avenues such as security services, fitness, retail and ride sharing continue its upwards march. For B2B, more firms are accessing SaaS, cloud computing and IoT.

 

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