How to start an investment conversation?
Lionel Guerraz
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Welcome to Weekly Investment Conversation Starters No. 61
Here are 3 ideas to start a thematic investment conversation with your clients.
3?? topics to start an investment conversation
1. AI-powered smart glasses
2. Recycling batteries from appliances
3. Robotic knee surgery
1. Looking smart, speaking smart...
?? Star the conversation
Did you know that Google was one of the frontrunners to commercialize smart glasses with its Google Glass as early as 2012?
?? In the news
Researchers at Stanford University have built a prototype of glasses that can display an output of OpenAI's GPT-4.
?? What to expect?
1. Artificial Intelligence will listen to your conversation and tell you exactly what to say next.
2. So you can look smart and sound smart in any situation.
3. This could help people with social anxiety, during job interview, while speaking in public, or dating among other things...
?? How does it work:
- A monocle-like device featuring a camera, microphone, and a high-resolution display is attached onto any glasses.
- Whisper, OpenAI's speech recognition software, captures what is being said and feeds speech directly to the chatbot.
- The chatbot generates answers in a matter of seconds and output text generated by GPT-4 to its wearer.
?? Investment thought
UBS CIO Long-term Investment Theme: Enabling Technology
Enabling technologies like artificial intelligence, AR/VR, 5G, cloud and big data are the engine of the digital transformation and spending on their development should remain high.
?? Opportunities
Some of our strategies invest in companies that are creating and deploying the enabling technologies of our digital future.
2. Power your EV with your old laptop battery!
?? Start a conversation
Did you know that 80% of the energy in an EV battery is used to powering the car, whereas in a petrol car, only 15% of the energy goes directly toward powering the car?
?? In the news
Volkswagen and Redwood are collecting end-of-life batteries from consumer electronics, stripping out the valuable materials and re-using them for their electric vehicles batteries.
?? What are the benefits?
1. It's a convenient way to recycle rechargeable devices or lithium-ion batteries.
2. It's creating a closed-loop system that lessens battery costs.
3. It's reducing the need to mine and ship raw (and rare) materials.
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?? How does it work:
- Volkswagen dealerships offer "easy drop off" locations with collecting bins.
- People can drop off cell phones, cordless power tools, electric toothbrushes, wireless headphones and other lithium-ion-powered devices.
- Redwood's technology can reclaim 95% of the critical minerals from batteries (like nickel, cobalt, lithium and copper).
- It also re-manufactures the metals into battery components for new electric vehicles and energy storage products.
?? Investment thought
UBS CIO Long-term Investment Theme: Energy Efficiency
Stricter regulation and corporate competition to improve product efficiency are driving demand for energy-efficiency solutions.
?? Opportunities
Some of our strategies invest in companies developing technical solutions to minimize energy consumption..
3. Moving the knee-dle with robotic surgery
?? Start a conversation
Did you know that robotic surgery was less painful because the incisions and cuts are substantially smaller, and it decreases blood loss and trauma?
?? In the news
A doctor in New York City successfully completed the world's first fully remote total knee replacement procedure by controlling a robot, over 1,700 miles away in Texas.
Source: International Business Times
???? What you knee-d to know?
1. The procedure conserves more of the patient’s actual bone as it uses customized joint implants made with 3D printing.
2. It is conducted with a high-accuracy surgical robot to precisely cut the bone and ensure a better fit of the implant.
3. It can improve surgical outcomes and reduce patient downtimes.
?? How does it work:
- The patient undergoes a scan of her joint which provides data to create the artificial joint and later guide the procedure.
- The data are used to build 3D-printed implant that is shaped?to fit seamlessly into the patient's joint.
- The data are also used to feed predictive algorithms that help planning the procedure with minimal need for manual guidance to reduce the risk of human error.
?? Investment thought
UBS CIO Long-term Investment Theme: Healthtech
Healthcare is still one of the least digitized major global industries, but there are growing signs that healthcare providers recognize the potential for digital technology to improve efficiency.
?? Opportunities
Some of our strategies invest in companies developing new technologies and changing healthcare for the better.
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Hand-picked for relationship managers and investment advisors,?Weekly Investment Conversation Starters?is a series of ideas to start a conversation with clients, spark their curiosity and gauge their appetite for thematic investment.
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1 年On the theme of smart glasses, I'd advise to connect with Jacqueline Press - she's making impressive strides in this area with XRAI Glass their software turns speech into subtitles, in real-time.