Nick Rohatyn
Partner and CEO, The Rohatyn Group. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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In 2002, Rohatyn founded The Rohatyn Group (TRG), an alternative asset management firm investing across public and private emerging markets and real assets. Before launching TRG, he spent nearly two decades at J.P. Morgan, serving on its executive management team and heading its emerging markets sales, trading, and research division.
1shows
1appearances
38statements
10resolved
6supported
2contradicted
60%fully supported
Everything Nick Rohatyn said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Scenario analysis matters far more than standard deviation in emerging markets
“Scenario analysis is much more important than standard deviations. Because in many of those scenarios, it was a six standard deviation event.”
Integrating bank private equity spinouts requires an unbending management hierarchy
“We've done a bunch of arranged marriages, and in those, my conclusion is, You have to have the structure to oversee them, and you have to be very unbending about who's in charge.”
African private fundraising is tough and dominated by development finance institutions
“Africa is a tough market for raising money. It's dominated by the development finance institutions, IFC, EBRD, who are particular in the kind of managers and kind of funds they want to back.”
Rohatyn predicts a surge in strategic capital targeting Latin America
“And Latin America is obviously important to this administration, so I think there will be a lot of strategic capital looking at Latin America right now, for which I think we are well positioned.”
81% of emerging market private capital once flowed solely to China
“There was a period of time where of all the private money being invested in emerging markets around the world, 90% of that money went to Asia, of which 90% went to China. This concentration, 81% of all private investing money In emerging markets flowed to one …”
Integrating FX and equity teams drives return synergies in emerging markets
“Having everything under one roof is far superior if they are incented and cultured to work together. Because if you have A good FX person next to a good, even public market equity person. Both of those will generate better returns for sitting next to each othe…”
The largest emerging market public multi-asset fund is only $800 million
“I think the biggest multi-asset class fund in public markets is the hundred billion dollar fund. The biggest one in emerging markets is eight hundred million dollars. There are only five that I can find.”
Private multi-asset class vehicles do not yet exist in emerging markets
“In private markets, you're starting to see multi-asset class in developed markets. You have not seen it yet in emerging markets at all.”
Rohatyn executed J.P. Morgan's first-ever interest rate swap in 1983
“And in fact, I'm proud to say I executed the first interest rate swap ever at JP Morgan in 1983.”
J.P. Morgan executed the first voluntary emerging markets debt exchange
“Morgan did the first voluntary loan for debt exchange in emerging markets.”
Rohatyn created the first emerging market bond benchmark at J.P. Morgan
“I was responsible for building the first bond benchmark in emerging markets. It was called the Emerging Market Bond Index, MB. I did that at the time at JP in order to help grow the pie because I, of this exact point, people needed a benchmark.”
TRG's executive committee has never taken a vote in 23 years
“We've never had a vote on anything in 23 years.
We come to conclusions that we buy into.”
China has at least 10,000 private equity firms
“There's at least 10,000 private equity firms in China.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Nick's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 CAPITAL ALLOCATORSLEDGER | Partner and CEO, The Rohatyn Group | 1 | 38 | 60% 6/10 | full record on Capital Allocators → |