Thematics

We are always looking into current trends and are working on new thematic investment ideas that can be wrapped into an index.

SOLACTIVE FUTURE TRENDS

The Solactive Future Trends offer a range of new index concepts in the field of megatrends and thematic investing. As megatrends in general can also refer to past long-term trends, and stock prices reflect the future, our approach is to focus on anticipated future-oriented megatrends that will last for at least the next decade. Megatrends are about inevitable major long-term evolutions in society, economics, or the environment, that affect our lives and possibly also have an impact on politics.

Future Technologies

Future Technologies, such as in the field of digitalization or process optimization, slowly but steadily change our daily personal and professional lives. Data usage increases by the day, and it is very convenient to order a taxi or book the next trip from a smartphone. Supervising – or even being able to operate – an iron ore mine in South America from an office in Europe is nowadays business as usual for plant manufacturers.

If the potential of technologies such as artificial intelligence or automation fully unfolds in the near future, this could have great effects on economic growth.

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Future of the Environment

Human development and technological advancements are tightly connected to the Future of the Environment. Actions have consequences. The increase in energy generation capacity brought enormous benefits to the industrial world and global chemical giants are highly relevant for numerous economic sectors.

Solactive’s “Future of the Environment” index concepts are set to benefit from the increasing societal awareness of environmental and sustainability issues that are affecting our world’s future.

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Future Way of Life

The Future Way of Life – i.e., how we interact, communicate, travel, conduct business, and handle most common daily routines – has already changed and further changes are imminent. It is unthinkable that society will give up on the ease of managing the world from the comfort of our mobile devices. The number of smartphone users was around 3.2 billion in 2019, and this number is most definitely not foreseen to decline in the future.

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Future Health and Well-Being

The Future Health and Well-Being will continue to improve through technological advancements. Nowadays, it is already far easier to control for certain health statistics on a regular basis than it was in the past.

The healthcare sector is very dynamic due to its many fastgrowing business sub-sectors. The aim to constantly enhance health and well-being will be the basis of future innovation – either through the development of a blockbuster medicine, the improvement of surgery methods, or the optimization of healthy nutrition.

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ARTIS^®

Our newest innovation in the field of big data and natural language processing is ARTIS^® (Algorithmic Theme Identification System). ARTIS^® is a proprietary software tool to identify thematic exposures in companies using unconventional data sources. The traditional approach of using a one-dimensional sector classification is limited in cases where companies are involved in many markets and offer various product lines. ARTIS^® functions as a multidimensional classification that generates a deeper understanding of the products and services a company offers.

Big Data

Large volumes of company reports, financial news and social media data are analyzed to identify meaningful exposures of companies to certain themes.
Natural Language Processing

Our natural language processing algorithm reveals relationships between keywords that describe a theme and companies that are active in this very field - relationships that would not be captured by traditional sector classifications.
Indexing

Using our knowledge in indexing, we can utilize those relationships and create indices that provide thematic exposure while meeting highest quality standards.

Exemplary Investment Themes

China Domestic Consumption

The Solactive China Consumer Index intends to track the price movements of the 20 largest companies according to market capitalization that are classified in any of the three following sectors – Consumer Services, Consumer Durables and Consumer Non-Durables – and furthermore derive more than 75 per cent of their revenues from China.

Industry 4.0

The connected industry is the next step after mass production and digitalization of the manufacturing processes that promises a leap step in productivity. The Solactive Global Industry 4.0 Index is investing into companies that develop technologies and services that facilitate this new industrial revolution.

Genomics

Every individual has its own genetic blueprint. High-tech medicine takes this fact into account and develops personalized drugs to ensure the perfect treatment for each patient. Our Solactive Genomics Index enables investors to specifically invest in companies that are pioneers in this thriving sector, which is going to revolutionize humanity’s way to treat illnesses.

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We will examine your investment theme and let you know whether it’s possible to wrap it into an index structure.

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