Monthly Macro Update, May 2023
Nearly a year and five percentage points later, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle may have finally run its course. Whether the Fed has the room to cut rates in coming months is less certain, depending on the resilience in employment and inflation pressures, as…
The Rohatyn Group Announces Investment in Kensta Group, East Africa’s Leading Paper Merchandiser and Supplier of Print and Digital Solutions
New York, NY, and Johannesburg, South Africa, April 27th 2023 – The Rohatyn Group (“TRG”) a specialized global asset management firm focused on investment solutions in emerging markets and real assets, today announced an investment in Kensta Group (“Kensta”), an East African group operating in…
Monthly Macro Update, April 2023
Turmoil in the U.S. banking sector in early March upended the prevalent market narrative centered on economic resilience and the need for additional Federal Reserve (“Fed”) tightening. The policy response to bank tensions was decisive and succeeded in preventing systemic contagion. However, expectations for terminal…
Global Markets Macro Monthly, March 2023
Markets globally gave back part of their early-year gains as the macro story turned more challenging. Upside surprises to both inflation and growth in the U.S. and Europe led to a sharply higher repricing in U.S. rates as well as renewed uncertainty around the Federal…
Agri Investor’s Keynote Interview with The Rohatyn Group
Agricultural investments should be end-to-end and long term, taking into account asset purchase, management, value optimization and divestment, say Erik Kankainen, Ian Jolly and Mike Claridge of The Rohatyn Group Achieving maximum value for your agricultural assets depends on possessing an understanding of land use…
The U.S. Dollar Has Turned. Now What?
Since September 26, the U.S. dollar has lost 13% against the Euro, around 10% against the Japanese yen and nearly 11% against a basket of developed market currencies, as per the Dollar Index. During the same period, the EMFX index – a popular currency measure…
DEBUNKING CHINA’S HOUSING MYTHS
China’s property sector is undergoing a severe contraction. Given property’s large size and interconnectedness, the sector’s woes are raising a series of concerns about local government finances, banks’ balance sheets and even about the risk of a deep recession. We find these concerns overblown and…
Shifting Sands: Opportunities in Emerging Markets
The global economy and markets have been grappling with a series of shocks, which are complex, diverse and often mutually reinforcing. While the high degree of uncertainty that has characterized the prospects for markets throughout the year persists, the sands are starting to shift in…
THE ROHATYN GROUP EXPANDS INTO AFRICA WITH ACQUISITION OF ETHOS PRIVATE EQUITY BUSINESS
New York, NY, and Johannesburg, South Africa, November 21st, 2022 — The Rohatyn Group (“TRG” or the “Firm”), a specialized global asset management firm focused on investment solutions in emerging markets and real assets, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business of…
KKR to Acquire Ness Digital Engineering
October 27, 2022 – KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which KKR will acquire 100% of Ness Digital Engineering (“Ness” or the “Company”), a global full-lifecycle digital services transformation company, from The Rohatyn Group (“TRG”). Founded in…