“We should #focus on ESG because it is the right thing to do, not just because LPs are asking for it”.Read the interview with Reji Vettasseri, Lead Portfolio Manager for Private Markets at DECALIA on our ESG #approach in the influential #Investors segment of SuperReturn Insights.
Rising interest rates and the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse have led to a paradigm shift in #PrivateEquity and venture capital. Reji Vettasseri, Lead Portfolio Manager at Swiss private finance group DECALIA, believes #investors now need to to be #innovative with emerging #strategies.
There are several signs that the most acute part of the US banking turmoil may be behind us: markets have rebounded, the VIX is back to its lowest level since January 2022 (17.1), the amount of bank lending from the Fed emergency lending facilities has declined, US bank deposits are increasing again after weeks of […]
Food for thoughts or spurious correlation? Japan inflation driven essentially by… food prices in Tokyo Back from the dead? Japan CPI Housing Y/Y% BoJ inflations’ anchor, gone with the wind? Japan Consumers Inflation Expectations These trends aren’t BoJ friends Measures of Underlying Japan Inflation: Trimmed Mean CPI, Weighted Median CPI and Mode CPI Measures of […]
The run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) happened largely online, but in essence it was no different to what generations of children have watched in Mary Poppins. When young Michael protests that he wants his tuppence back (to feed the street pigeons!), other customers question whether their own money is really “safe and sound” – […]
One year after the first Fed’s rate hike, the aggressive fast monetary policy tightening finally bit… What are the consequences on the overall macroeconomic backdrop from current banking-stress? While their magnitude and extent will obviously depend on the depth of these scars on the financial system, as well as the time to close it, we […]
📢 DECALIA is looking forward to attending the Zero One Hundred Conferences (PE & VC Platform) #2023 and joining the co-investment panel on the 28th-30th March in #Amsterdam.Reji Vettasseri, Lead Portfolio Manager for Private Credit, will be discussing the current state of the European #fundraising #market at the conference.👉 Please fell free to contact Reji, he will be happy to get in touch […]
Among Credit Suisse most valuable assets as of today What are the lessons to be learned and consequences from SVB fallout and CS debacle? I won’t be long today as there are still a lot of uncertainties in the air (i.e. I probably don’t know much more than you) and I have also to navigate […]
Why it’s time for LPs to seek out the niches?In a recent article, Private Debt Investor talked to Reji Vettasseri, Lead Portfolio Manager for Private Credit at DECALIA, and other leading #investors about why niche private debt #strategies are unusually well positioned in a macro #environment characterised by increased complexity and higher #rates.
