Global Head of Research, Smartkarma

Mark Artherton

Global Head of Research

Ecstrat

Ecstrat is a consultancy advising on asset allocation between global equity markets, with a focus on the intersection of governments, geopolitics, governance and markets.
 
Over the past few years and more especially since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), investors have become more focused on short-term market movements and real-time returns and have consequently neglected the analysis of the underlying structural themes that underpin longer term performance.
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More specifically we believe that the evolution of governance-based relationships between investors, controlling shareholders, labour and the state is one of the primary determinants of both relative and absolute performance between individual equity markets.
 
We will endeavour to provide investors with some of the context surrounding governance-related issues which encompass many different disciplines including history, economics and political science, as well as the financial metrics which are the most obvious manifestation of the structural characteristics of each market.
 
We will pay particular attention to the shifts and potential inflection points for governance in individual markets as these are often the best lead indicators for both economic and market performance.

Macroeconomics

<p style="text-align: justify;">Ecstrat were amongst the first to highlight the explosive growth of working capital in non-financial companies in China. We monitor over 3,000 listed Chinese corporates and with 20% of those having now reported for 2015 we can start to draw some conclusions.</p><div class="content-highlight"><ul><li><em><strong>The 'cash flow recession' in corporate China continues.</strong></em></li></ul></div><div class="content-highlight"><ul><li><em><strong>Almost all sectors have experienced a rise in receivable days when comparing 2015 to 2014.</strong></em></li></ul></div><div class="content-highlight"><p><em><strong>Almost all sectors have seen an even larger increase in payable days, suggesting that the listed</strong></em>…</p></div>

Ecstrat were amongst the first to highlight the explosive growth of working capital in non-financial companies in China. We monitor over 3,000 listed Chinese corporates and with 20% of those having now reported for 2015 we can start to draw some conclusions.The 'cash flow recession' in corporate China continues.Almost all sectors have experienced a rise in receivable days when comparing 2015 to 2014.Almost all sectors have seen an even larger increase in payable days, suggesting that the listed…

Large Caps Squeezing SMEs in Early Reading of FY2015 Chinese Working Capital

Information Technology Consultant

Ishita Jain

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>From retail deliveries to agriculture, drones have pervaded our day to day lives in a manner never envisaged before. Reserved only for the military just a few years ago, drones are quickly becoming favorites in many industries due to their low cost, ease of operation and effectiveness in carrying out otherwise manual tasks. This article sets out to introduce the industry and offer some ideas on how to invest in it.</p>

From retail deliveries to agriculture, drones have pervaded our day to day lives in a manner never envisaged before. Reserved only for the military just a few years ago, drones are quickly becoming favorites in many industries due to their low cost, ease of operation and effectiveness in carrying out otherwise manual tasks. This article sets out to introduce the industry and offer some ideas on how to invest in it.

Global Asset Allocation, Politics & Governance, Ecstrat

John-Paul Smith

Global Asset Allocation, Politics & Governance

Cross Asset Strategy

<p>In January’s ‘Government and Markets’ report, we used the themes in the 2016 GEM overview and China outlooks to introduce our intra-GEM country weightings.</p><p>We provide more detail on each of these countries in the full version of this report, focusing on the economic, financial and structural governance issues that we believe will be the most important market drivers over the course of this year and beyond.</p>

In January’s ‘Government and Markets’ report, we used the themes in the 2016 GEM overview and China outlooks to introduce our intra-GEM country weightings.We provide more detail on each of these countries in the full version of this report, focusing on the economic, financial and structural governance issues that we believe will be the most important market drivers over the course of this year and beyond.

Governance, Valuations and the Crisis of State Capitalism

<p><span lang="EN-US">Our bearish outlook for 2016 predicated on the rising risk of a “sudden stop” for China and uncontrolled FX depreciation across EM is unfortunately starting to play out; although markets currently feel very oversold and could rally sharply over the short term, we believe that there is further downside for EM equities in absolute and relative terms over the remainder of the year.</span></p>

Our bearish outlook for 2016 predicated on the rising risk of a “sudden stop” for China and uncontrolled FX depreciation across EM is unfortunately starting to play out; although markets currently feel very oversold and could rally sharply over the short term, we believe that there is further downside for EM equities in absolute and relative terms over the remainder of the year.

<p>In today's digitized world, everything is connected and&nbsp;&nbsp;'smart' - our phones are packed with ever more functionality, we can surf the net directly from our TVs and our fitness trackers can dish out tons of metrics regarding our habits. Internet of things takes this one step further; by attaching sensors to every day and typically non-digital things, it promises&nbsp;to make everything around us 'smart'. This insight is an overview of the industry, its market potential and some thoughts on how to invest in it.</p>

In today's digitized world, everything is connected and&nbsp;&nbsp;'smart' - our phones are packed with ever more functionality, we can surf the net directly from our TVs and our fitness trackers can dish out tons of metrics regarding our habits. Internet of things takes this one step further; by attaching sensors to every day and typically non-digital things, it promises&nbsp;to make everything around us 'smart'. This insight is an overview of the industry, its market potential and some thoughts on how to invest in it.

Investing in the Internet of Things (IoT)

China

China Yangtze Power Company Ltd. owns the Gezhouba Power Station and the Three Gorges Power Station. The Company generates hydroelectric power, which is supplied to central China, east China, Guangdong province, Chongqing city, and other areas.

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Large Caps Squeezing SMEs in Early Reading of FY2015 Chinese Working Capital

Ecstrat were amongst the first to highlight the explosive growth of working capital in non-financial companies in China. We monitor over 3,000...

Mark Artherton

Investing in Drones

From retail deliveries to agriculture, drones have pervaded our day to day lives in a manner never envisaged before. Reserved only for the military...

Ishita Jain

Governance, Valuations and the Crisis of State Capitalism

In January’s ‘Government and Markets’ report, we used the themes in the 2016 GEM overview and China outlooks to introduce our intra-GEM country...

John-Paul Smith

China and the EM Ugly Contest

Our bearish outlook for 2016 predicated on the rising risk of a “sudden stop” for China and uncontrolled FX depreciation across EM is unfortunately...

John-Paul Smith

Investing in the Internet of Things (IoT)

In today's digitized world, everything is connected and 'smart' - our phones are packed with ever more functionality, we can surf the net directly...

Ishita Jain

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