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

<div class="content-highlight">The failure to use or the aggressive implementation of asset write downs in emerging markets and Asia will have far reaching implications for investors.</div> We live in a world where investors are uncertain about asset values both in financial and non-financial companies.  Whilst a lot is written about the nature of bad debts at banks, little has been comprehensively written about the balance sheets of non-financial companies.We see the following evidence in our analysis: <ul><li><div class="content-highlight">The failure of some…</div></li></ul>

The failure to use or the aggressive implementation of asset write downs in emerging markets and Asia will have far reaching implications for investors. We live in a world where investors are uncertain about asset values both in financial and non-financial companies.  Whilst a lot is written about the nature of bad debts at banks, little has been comprehensively written about the balance sheets of non-financial companies.We see the following evidence in our analysis: The failure of some…

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Morningstar

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Morningstar, Inc.

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Equity Bottom-Up

Failure of a tailings dam and damage to another at the 50%-&nbsp;owned Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil, in joint venture with&nbsp;Vale, is a disaster.The environmental mess and loss of life&nbsp;dents investor confidence at a time when sentiment for BHP&nbsp;Billiton is fragile as a result of falling commodity prices.Managing director Andrew Mackenzie has responded&nbsp;admirably in trying circumstances, promptly on the ground,&nbsp;offering sincere condolences and pledging BHP's full&nbsp;support in the recovery.That said, in no way do we put a&nbsp;positive spin on the event for BHP.Analysts: Mathew Hodge &amp; Mark Taylor

Failure of a tailings dam and damage to another at the 50%-&nbsp;owned Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil, in joint venture with&nbsp;Vale, is a disaster.The environmental mess and loss of life&nbsp;dents investor confidence at a time when sentiment for BHP&nbsp;Billiton is fragile as a result of falling commodity prices.Managing director Andrew Mackenzie has responded&nbsp;admirably in trying circumstances, promptly on the ground,&nbsp;offering sincere condolences and pledging BHP's full&nbsp;support in the recovery.That said, in no way do we put a&nbsp;positive spin on the event for BHP.Analysts: Mathew Hodge &amp; Mark Taylor

BHP Billiton's Exposure to Samarco Tailings Disaster

Indonesia

PT Vale Indonesia Tbk produces nickel in matte, an intermediate product, from lateritic ores at its integrated mining and processing facilities near Soroako, Sulawesi

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Vale Indonesia Tbk (INCO IJ)

Beware Impairments in EM and Asia

The failure to use or the aggressive implementation of asset write downs in emerging markets and Asia will have far reaching implications for...

Mark Artherton

BHP Billiton's Exposure to Samarco Tailings Disaster

Failure of a tailings dam and damage to another at the 50%- owned Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil, in joint venture with Vale, is a disaster.The...

Morningstar, Inc.

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