Global and emerging-markets quality equity insights from GQG Partners.

GQG Partners' weekly macro and markets newsletter covering three themes: the fading ROI case for AI as usage-based pricing replaces flat subscriptions, speculative excess in South Korean semiconductor stocks (SK Hynix leverage and retail mania), and a Taleb-inspired warning that current maximum market confidence may signal maximum fragility. Each edition uses vivid analogies and data to flag emerging risks for equity investors.

GQG Partners Chairman and CIO Rajiv Jain joins the Capital Allocators podcast to discuss his forward-looking definition of quality investing, emphasising barriers to entry and willingness to revise views. He outlines his contrarian positioning - overweight energy, utilities, steel, tobacco, and emerging markets - while deliberately avoiding hyperscalers and semiconductors amid a crowded AI trade.

GQG Partners client portfolio managers examine the prospective IPOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX's filing, discussing what these listings could mean for investors. The webcast explores financial disclosure implications, paths to profitability, and whether valuations are justifiable.

GQG Partners Deputy Portfolio Manager Sid Jain argues that emerging markets have structurally improved over the past decade, with a CapEx buildout and strong earnings growth making them a compelling - and increasingly AI-driven - investment opportunity. He also warns that markets may be too complacent about geopolitical oil shock risk, as AI enthusiasm has overshadowed concerns around the Iran conflict.
GQG Partners Portfolio Manager Brian Kersmanc argues on Bloomberg that markets are underestimating the broader implications of the Iran conflict, particularly disruptions to energy logistics and ripple effects on technology and capital markets. He discusses how investors can navigate late-cycle risks, find value in overlooked sectors, and identifies India as a potentially resilient market.