Our recent excursion across the United States offered us a unique perspective on the intricate dynamics of the healthcare industry and the socio-economic fabric of the country. Spanning five cities...
ECP Insights
A selection of articles written by our team to give insight into how we think about the world
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Conquering Confirmation Bias
Investing involves both art and science. The science aspect includes analysing a company's strategy, industry position, competitive advantage, future opportunities, and risks to determine its...
CSL M&A: History repeating
CSL has demonstrated a clear Dynamic Capability over time that has crossed both Plasma and Influenza markets. It has form in creating a sustainable competitive advantage by combining product...
IDP Education
IDP Education is a business with a strengthening competitive advantage that we added last year during COVID-19. In this article, we explore the emerging characteristics of its business model that...
Xero, a Beautiful Business Model
At ECP, we continually assess the quality and the sustainability of our investments to evaluate the strength of their competitive advantage through time. Xero is a notable portfolio company which...
Xero needs to Square up!
Xero is the classic disruptor. As the first cloud-based accounting platform for small business, it revolutionised the industry with real-time bank feeds, the single source of truth general ledger and...
‘Rational’ Exuberance
Last month, I was sitting in a hotel lobby (actually the bar) in Amsterdam after attending the International Plasma Protein Conference. I started talking with a fellow attendee who is a Patient...
Keep it simple stupid
Since the beginning of my investing career, I have always believed in only investing in what makes sense [I know, thanks for stating the bleeding obvious Sam, here we were investing in stuff that...