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With the world more connected than ever, paying attention to how companies use networks helps highlight opportunities and identify risks
The power of connection
The expectation of a networked world has become a reality following the exponential growth of connected networks in recent years. The enormous leaps in the capabilities of the technologies behind this advance enable the creation, capture and analysis of unprecedented amounts of data, which is transforming lifestyles and traditional business. Innovative companies are using connectivity and data to adapt their business practices continuously, create sustainable competitive advantages, and challenge less agile incumbents across diverse sectors.
However, as well as generating new opportunities, the pace and extent of change that is occurring can create significant risks for established companies across many sectors.
Digital development
Digitalisation has the potential to disrupt many industries across the world, as data transforms the way businesses manage their logistics and plans. Across sectors, it is companies that have been able to innovate technologically in recent years that are poised to thrive in our increasingly connected world.
The increasing ubiquity of networks has also allowed the sharing economy to grow, which has changed software, philanthropy and many consumer companies. In addition, we often consider the impact of cloud-computing technology.
Risky business?
Of course, with opportunities, there also come risks. As data becomes the foundation of just about every business decision made, the world becomes increasingly vulnerable to hacks and leaks, not to mention the broader questions these developments raise about personal privacy. We feel it is likely that the trend towards increased dependence on technology is here to stay, but we want to identify investments in businesses that are cognisant of the new risks of relying so heavily on data and software – and that are trying to mitigate those risks accordingly.
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The world has made the transition from connecting places to connecting people to connecting devices. The rapid rise in the ‘internet of things’ is transforming lifestyles and business. This creates winners and losers – our ‘net effects’ theme seeks to identify them.
Meet the team
We have a research group for each theme, made up of analysts, portfolio managers and other members of the investment team, that collaborate on new thematic ideas and analysis. Here are the co-leaders in the net effects theme group.
Jonathan McMullan
Global analyst, technology and telecommunications
Bhavin Shah
Portfolio manager, multi-asset team
Ashwin Palta
Credit research analyst, fixed income
Our key areas of focus
Cloud
The cloud provides flexibility for businesses to store, manage and process data. In addition, the consumption of technology is moving from a capital expenditure-based model to a usage-based model, which benefits from economies of scale.
Security
Heightened geopolitical tensions have driven trends in cybersecurity at the national and international level. In addition, a more open, globalised, networked world increasingly presents security challenges, as do changes in the structure of individual societies.
Digitalisation
Mobile, cloud and analytics technology continues to disrupt established industries. Applications tapping into newly accessible data can transform traditional sectors, like health care, security, entertainment, payments systems, communications, transportation, factory automation and agriculture.
The sharing economy
The sharing economy uses technology to utilise and optimise excess capacity in goods and services. With the ubiquitous nature of information sharing, price discovery and transparency is enhanced, which in turn increases competition and utilisation. Business models that can adapt to this change in behaviour will benefit from the tailwinds that the increase in utilisation provides. However, crowd-sharing and open-source models can quickly erode businesses’ intellectual property.
A deep dive into…
How networks are benefiting emerging economies
Another favourable trend that ‘net effects’ identifies is the use of technology to leapfrog traditional bricks-and-mortar infrastructure and grow digitally from the start. This can happen in developing economies where the formalisation of many industries is still in its infancy.
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The expectation of a networked world has become a reality following the exponential growth of connected networks in recent years. The enormous leaps in the capabilities of the technologies behind this advance enable the creation, capture and analysis of unprecedented amounts of data, which is transforming lifestyles and traditional business. Innovative companies are using connectivity and data to adapt their business practices continuously, create sustainable competitive advantages, and challenge less agile incumbents across diverse sectors.
