Nationwide Financial

JUNE 5, 2023

Though inflation remains the most significant perceived risk for business owners, more than two-thirds expect a recession before the end of 2023. And of those expecting a recession, the majority believe it will be as bad or worse than the Great Recession of 2007-2009. It’s important to remember that most recessions in the U.S.

Economics 52

Economics Risk Management Clients Planning 52

The Big Picture

APRIL 18, 2023

In the short run, there can be distortions in public market valuations as we saw in 2001 and we saw prior to that in 2007, and prior to that in 2000, in ‘99. How do you use all of this data that’s generated by all of your portfolio companies to navigate the world at large? BARATTA: Yeah. In the long run. We can’t do that.

Assets 157

Assets Investing Investments Valuation 157

The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s a really easy portfolio to create. It allows you to understand, generally speaking, what is a reasonable beta for that whole portfolio. The other thing it allows you to do is to benchmark your ability to select managers that outperform both in each areas and across the sleeve. This is the summer of 2007.

Management 130

Management Investing Investments Government 130

The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

But there’s also a lot of, like at Wittel, you know, I was at Wachtel in 2005 to 2007, so really near the peak of a big merger’s boom. It was derivatives math, it was like working with the traders on like risk management. And I love that. I thought that was really fun. So I was very interested in that stuff.

Banking 130

Banking Retail Math Management 130

The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

But what was interesting about that was the quick need to both separate the portfolio between the old stuff and the new stuff, because there were a lot of new investment opportunities. So you’re Chief Investment officer of Asset and Wealth Management. We just get to focus on assets and asset risk management.

Assets 293

Assets Clients Investing Investments 293

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

So a very different dynamic than we saw back in 2007, 2008, 2009. So obviously, risk managers, you know, and CROs were very focused on how do we manage that risk and diversify that credit risk that they were taking on in mid-market companies. Yes, there’s a lot of liquidity in private equity.

Banking 144

Banking Management Investing Investments 144

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I found this to be just a masterclass in everything you need to know about distressed credit investing, private credit, the role of the economy, the fed interest rates, inflation, bottoms up, credit picking, and how to manage a firm and a fund in light of just massive dislocations in your space, as well as the overall economy.

Banking 130

Banking Investing Investments Clients 130

The Big Picture

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And the third, the one that nobody talks about is risk management. Risk management. And so that’s not just, we talk about risk management in terms of buying at a big discount to intrinsic value and then that gives you that capital sort of buffer. You joined in 2007, what led you there?

Investments 130

Investments Investing Clients Numbers 130

The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

So that’s an active part of portfolio trimming and opt and optimization. The good news is no one event has a big impact on the portfolio. And so the other thing is, is that, and I think it’s our core risk management culture, is that we think that till risk is way more probable than everyone else does.

Banking 144

Banking Marketing Marketing Investing 144

The Big Picture

AUGUST 23, 2022

BROWDER: I just gone the risk management committee. The currency devalued by 75 percent and my portfolio, which was above $1 billion, went down 90 percent. And this had an unbelievably positive affect on the value of my portfolio. RITHOLTZ: Wow. I got you $25 million to invest in Russia. This is unbelievable.

Government 318

Government Banking Numbers Investing 318