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Daniel Blake

Daniel Blake

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Aug 25, 2026

0:44
So what's changing?
0:46
Well, if you look at where we've started, so thematic investing has been narrative-driven, focusing on identifying major structural trends for investors.
0:54
So at Morgan Stanley, we've identified core themes of artificial intelligence and tech diffusion, the future of energy, societal shifts, and the transition to a multipolar world.
1:03
So what's changing is that investment approaches are becoming much, much faster, so we're now seeing clients deploy agentic AI to drive trade recommendations.
1:13
And sure, AI can read a new hundred-page thematic report from Morgan Stanley faster than humans, but for the right conclusions, it's important to connect these models with high-quality data sets, and we think that's gonna be helpful for human investors as well.
1:26
So this is where the third phase of thematic investing comes in.
1:30
The first phase was identifying secular trends that cut across markets and industries.
3:22
But how do you separate genuine exposure from a more marketing-driven, uh, language around thematics, Daniel?

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