EVENTS:   Best Equity Short Ideas Conference Call 12 - Zach Shannon/Corto Capital Advisors & Craig Huber/Huber Research Partners & Thomas Beevers /Forensic Alpha & Ed Steele/Iron Blue Financials & Bill Campbell/Paragon Intel - 12 Nov 25   Will AI Deflate the World? Macro Lessons from Three Industrial Revolutions and China - Manoj Pradhan/Talking Heads Macro - 13 Nov 25     ROADSHOWS: Forest Products Sector Equity and Commodity Research With Expertise in Distressed Debt - Kevin Mason /ERA Research   •   London   12 - 14 Nov 25       Buyside to Buyside Forum and Expert Calls across TMT, Consumer, Healthcare and Fintech - Andrew Peters /Revelare Partners   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25       Fundamental US Healthcare Short Ideas - Dr Elliot Favus /Favus Institutional Research   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25      

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An Epic partner - Mio Kato has been arguing that significant collaboration between Sony and Epic Games is likely in forming the key infrastructure for the metaverse. The recent Matrix Awakens demo starts to reveal some of the possibilities. In addition, it demonstrates why Mio believes popular metaverse theme names like Meta and Roblox have no realistic chance of competing. Mio also discusses the (increasingly high) likelihood that Tencent decides to sell its stake in Epic with Sony expected to be one of several interested parties.

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- 07 January, 2022