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THEMATIC RESEARCH

Sesame Active
Investments

Through its diversified range of AMCs, Sesame Active Investments and its in-house research team offer thematic investment solutions. Our conviction: secular growth investment themes will deliver the most alpha over the medium to long term. Our objective is to generate added value for our clients, by offering innovative investment themes, supported by in-depth analysis of all the catalysts at work.

An innovative range
of thematic portfolios

An innovative
range of thematic
portfolios

We provide our clients with solutions that aim to leverage new, non-cyclical economic drivers that are transforming the world and addressing future challenges.

These issues and trends are mainly demographic, environmental, technological and social. In addition to their growth prospects, these thematic investments make possible exposure to different sectors and geographic areas, depending on the theme’s value chain, with the added objective of resilience and diversification

Our range of thematic AMCs now occupies a prominent place in our clients’ portfolios, thanks to its relevance, the fact that it meets our clients’ expectations and its performance.

Themes identified by
our in-house research team

Sesame Financial Group’s proprietary research adopts a top-down approach:

Identification of strong and precise structural themes likely to deliver the most alpha over the medium to long term
In-depth quantitative and qualitative screening and analysis
Final selection of 10 to 40 stocks (depending on the universe)

Our in-house research team aims to identify the companies that are best placed to take advantage of these underlying trends. This forward-looking approach to investment also makes it possible to identify companies whose potential has not yet been fully recognised by the market.

Our selections are completely transparent and an in-depth investment rationale is systematically provided in our research notes.

CURRENT BEST PICKS BY
SESAME ACTIVE INVESTMENTS

CURRENT BEST
PICKS BY SESAME
ACTIVE INVESTMENTS

High-Tech & AI

INVESTING IN NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES

Accelerating flows of data and information are changing the dynamics of globalization and (still) opening tremendous business opportunities. Generative AI has become a cornerstone of modern technology: models like OpenAI's GPT-4 or Google's Gemini have revolutionized how we interact with technology, offering incredible language processing, automation, and decision-making capabilities. Businesses integrated these tools for dynamic customer interactions, personalized marketing, and even automated content creation.

Trump 2.0

TRUMP'S COMEBACK BENEFICIARIES

The US presidential elections on November 5 saw former president Donald Trump return to power, which sparked hope for a new round of “America First” trade protectionism, including lower taxes, deregulation and a more business-friendly backdrop. Trump's economic proposals for a second term include a new trade war, prolonged tax cuts, crypto deregulation, and renewed support for fossil energy production.

Agritech

THE AGRITECH REVOLUTION

Arable land per capita has decreased by a half since 1961, due to rapid population growth, a trend that is set to persist. The Green Revolution helped drive up cereal yields in the 1960s, but its effects are now fading. Precision agriculture, as a fully connected ecosystem, is driving major changes in the industry and may be the solution. Our proposal is therefore to build up comprehensive and dynamic exposure to modern agriculture techniques.

Cryptos

THE END OF CRYPTO WINTER

A wave of optimism is shaking cryptocurrencies. The approval of a bitcoin spot ETF in the U.S. in early 2024 increased institutional adoption and ignited a rally. Bitcoin reached a record $100,000 following endorsement by President-elect Trump and hopes for a friendly regulatory environment under his administration. Cryptocurrencies are progressively gaining recognition: worldwide, around 1bn people use cryptocurrencies, and 55% of Americans own Bitcoin.

Robots

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has already started. The global manufacturing industry is being transformed by a fusion of advances in AI, robotics, automation and connected devices. 2021 saw an all-time high of 517k industrial robots installed in one year (+31% vs. 2020) surpassing the pre-pandemic robot installation record. In volumes, the number of operational robots across the world also hit a new record of around 3.5mn units. 6-Axis, SCARA, Delta, Collaborative robots, clean room robots, their diversity is striking.