Tag: AI

AI is no longer a simple growth story in emerging markets. It is creating semiconductor winners, software casualties and fresh opportunities for disciplined value managers.

AI hardware winners have already re-rated. For value investors, the next opportunity may sit in Chinese platform companies still carrying a scepticism discount.

Ellerston Capital bets on AI infrastructure as the bottleneck shifts to physical assets, where overlooked small-caps provide the raw power and data center scaffolding that fuels the entire revolution.

Markets are fixated on the AI mega-caps. But Ellerston Capital’s Nick Markiewicz believes that the real opportunity sits further down the market capitalisation spectrum; in the smaller companies quietly building the physical scaffolding the AI revolution depends on.

StepStone’s Phil Cummins says technology’s biggest value creation is increasingly happening in private markets, and that has major implications for how investors think about equity exposure.

APRA’s latest letter on artificial intelligence is a timely reminder for advisers: keep experimenting but bring AI use into the open before it becomes a compliance problem.

Vaughan Nelson chief executive Chris Wallis says the bigger risk for advisers is not the next headline shock, but a structural reset in liquidity, capital flows and valuation discipline.

Alceon’s Zac Midalia says the next winners in private equity will combine traditional dealmaking with AI-led operational change.

Technology is changing everything about how advice is delivered. It may also be about to reveal who was worth trusting all along.

Perhaps in the future the people who thrive won’t be those who use AI most, but those who can still think without it.

As AI shifts from hype to hands-on utility, this article shows advisers how to deploy practical tools right now to lift productivity, sharpen client engagement and reduce pressure, without compromising control or compliance.

Advice groups may still be grappling with the best use cases for artificial intelligence tools, but the ones that aren’t at least trying are at risk of being seen as behind the curve according to Complii’s Craig Mason.

Some sectors will feel the benefits early, and the impact will be all-consuming. Others will take longer, and the effect might only be marginal. For advisers, the impact of AI could depend on how readily they sidle up to technology partners, Amundi says.

Brokerages raising their target price on Nvidia shares this month have pushed the median view to US$500, and analysts say that may be conservative. After an impressive earnings report, hedge funds and others are piling into the chip maker even as high bond yields threaten tech stocks.

After a punishing innings for her flagship ETF, ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood thinks investors need to stop living in the 70s. This time next year the Fed will be “running in the opposite direction” and deflation will dominate the market.

ChatGPT presents an inflection point in the quantitative investment journey, writes Michael Kollo, one that doesn’t need the presence of machine learning scientists or investment in costly data acquisition.

ESG is the “emptiest” idea, according to Aswath Damodaran, while AI will morph into higher costs for companies overall with no competitive advantage in a world where the technology is ubiquitous.

The meteoric rise of Nvidia (NVDA) parallels generative AI’s own stratospheric journey. Dataset provider Appen provides an interesting local proxy stock, alongside a new wave of AI-themed ETFs.

Despite increased volatility emanating from the banking sector, tech stocks have been supported by falling bond yields on fears the global economy could slip into recession this year, with big-name companies leading the gains.