The @McKinsey_MGI 'The future of #Asia: Decoding the value & performance of corporate Asia' report provides some interesting #insights: mckinsey.com/featured-insig… A few takeaways...(1/5) Asia's corporates: Capturing the top line but struggling to convert to the bottom line..
2/5 #GlobalTrends - Corp profitability has declined around the world over the past decade w. #Asia account 4 appox. half of the decline. The world is more capital-intensive than it was a decade ago...#Macro
3/5 Asian corporations sub-optimally positioned...Different segments need to focus on different aspects to reach their full potential...#Asia#Macro
4/5 #China & the 'Superstar effect' - The top 10 of Chinese firms generates 90% of the country's total economic profit. It pays to focus your econ on key value creating sectors: IT & Pharma....#GlobalTrends#Asia
5/5 #Asia - Asian consumer-goods co's are very focused on home markets, Europe the opposite. Asia driver of commodity demand & their co's are increasingly dominant. Asia's #Urbanisation continues w. positive l. term trends 4 #RE sector...#GlobalTrends#Investing
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3/5 #US looking for some revenues...#tax bracket creep...An attempt at some humour; modelling potential cuts to deficit to keep debt equal to 100% of GDP...Consequences of rising #debt & some historic context...#Deficits 2020-2030...#Macro#Risk
The Tower of Basel dropped the 'Quarterly Review: International banking & financial market developments' so I loaded up on espresso & blueberries & dove in2 this trove of soothing CB lingo mixed with some Sufi wisdom & colourful illlus: bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_… Some takeaways 1/5
2/5 Riddle me this; "Stock markets rebound unevenly amid downgraded earnings expectations." & "Corp #credit spreads tighten despite indications of persistently high credit #risk" & "funding costs for #EM sovs drop despite weak pf inflows."
3/5 Heads up: "Firms desired leverage can be excessive if companies do not account for all financial distress costs..." "Share buybacks rose just as valuations began to rise..." & "#Credit#risk rose with leverage but it only revealed itself during market stress..."
WIPO has published their +400 page 'Global #Innovation Index 2020: Who will finance innovation report out...full of insights...here are a few key takeaways...(1/3) Bracing for a downturn & impact from the economic slowdown...
3/3 Top R&D spending by sector as share of global top R&D spenders...Top R&D spending firm by sector...Share of global #VC inv by sector...The positive relationship between #innovation & development...
@McKinsey_MGI has a report out titled; '#Risk, resilience & rebalancing in global value chains' it holds some good insights into trends in #GlobalTrade...Here are some takeaways...1/4 Large companies has global #SupplyChains w. 1000s of suppliers, disruption risks varies...
2/4 #Globalisation has been changing in the last decade, sector concentration varies between industries, poten. losses from #SupplyChain disruptions can be as high as 42% of 1 years EBITDA..Supply chain #shocks are becoming more frequent & severe...