•Enabling iPhone users to refuse tracking was not just about defending privacy •Ad budgets are shifting to platforms with first-party access to customer data •Regulators need to balance risks to competition with privacy benefits for users When Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency (ATT) back in April 2021, forcing applications to request permission before monitoring user […]
The case for european venture debt The tech sector is not broken, valuations are going through readjustment A new scenario has emerged leading to increased cost of the equity vs debt Market shift from “growth at all costs” businesses to profitability model Since our latest publication, the European tech private market continues to evolve in […]
Interview with Alexander Roose, Head of Equities and co-lead PM of the DECALIA’s Sustainable strategy In this first ecology series, the focus is on the significant untapped potential of hydrogen. Already more than 5 decades ago, hydrogen made the headlines as the essential fuel source that brought APOLLO crew members to the moon. With the […]
•The lifting of Covid restrictions is boosting demand for travel and recreation •Companies are scrambling to recruit additional workers & having to pay up for them •Stocks prices are still scarred, making for some interesting but selective opportunities With summer almost here, the call for the BEACH is growing – as in Booking, Entertainment, Airlines, […]
DECALIA is pleased to be a key partner of the 8th edition of the Institutional Circle conference on May 17th in Geneva, which is intended for Swiss & international institutional investors. DECALIA will moderate as well a panel: How businesses can create value through the Circular Economy? Panellists: Claudio Zara (GREEN Research Centre and […]
CONTENT What is it and is it new? Imagination on the loose? So how can we invest? And what about ESG considerations? The metaverse, the newest buzzword in town. Ever since Facebook, one of the largest companies in the world, decided to change its name to Meta and pledged to invest $10bn a year in […]
Read our latest Private Markets quarterly article Rebalancing for Rising Rates discussing which private markets strategies are likely to outperform in a rising interest rate environment, by our Lead Alternative Portfolio Manager, Reji Vettasseri. Key conclusions: Private credit favoured over highly levered LBO deals – Private credit set to earn higher yields as rates rise, […]
•Surging demand for electric cars has driven lithium prices to stratospheric levels •As supply has fallen behind the curve, procurement is a key focus for auto makers •They are also investing heavily into battery manufacturing – vying for a competitive edge Elon Musk just made the headlines with his acquisition of Twitter. What if his […]
•Limited supply and increasing demand: such are the dynamics of the water market •Climate change only worsens the picture, heralding shortages and conflicts •The need -and investment opportunity- for better infrastructure/efficiency is great With the war in Ukraine, access to energy and agricultural commodities is an immediate worry and, quite understandably, the subject of much […]
