EM PM, Ecstrat

Emad Mostaque

EM PM

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.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

United states It / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Private market valuations for tech companies have increased sharply in recent years, with an outbreak of so-called "unicorns" (startups valued at over $1bn) and the median seed-stage valuation in the USA now an eye-popping $5.8m leading to fears of a bubble.In contrast the tech IPO pipeline has remained relatively moribund as investors have eschewed public markets (indeed, IPOing is now almost a sign of weakness (!)).If we look at some of the key drivers of these private market flows, we can see that it may actually be different this time and that public market valuations may be set to follow in the coming years.

Private market valuations for tech companies have increased sharply in recent years, with an outbreak of so-called "unicorns" (startups valued at over $1bn) and the median seed-stage valuation in the USA now an eye-popping $5.8m leading to fears of a bubble.In contrast the tech IPO pipeline has remained relatively moribund as investors have eschewed public markets (indeed, IPOing is now almost a sign of weakness (!)).If we look at some of the key drivers of these private market flows, we can see that it may actually be different this time and that public market valuations may be set to follow in the coming years.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO US)

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc (BR US)

Why large funds are piling into PE & VC