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Ideas Lab.
- A Repository of Our Musings, Insights, Takeaways and Short-listed Themes Meriting Further Investment Due Diligence
Sustainable Alternatives
June 20, 2023
Both sustainable and alternative investments have found their respective places i....
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Sustaining Sustainability
May 25, 2023
When can a three-letter acronym as promising as ESG become a four-letter expletiv....
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Intelli-bytes Episode: Cashing in on a New China
November 9, 2022
In response to LPs’ requests for sharing our virtual research meetings, we bring ....
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Intelli-bytes Episode: Zeroing in on a New Bridge to Direct Lending in Asia-Pacific
September 26, 2022
In response to LPs’ requests for sharing our virtual research meetings, we bring ....
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Intelli-bytes Episode: Rediscovering Zeal for a New China
December 8, 2021
In response to LPs’ growing requests for sharing our virtual research meetings, w....
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Intelli-bytes Episode: Serving Up Alpha in India’s “Underserved”
November 4, 2021
In response to LPs’ growing requests for sharing our virtual research meetings, w....
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Intelli-bytes Episode: Opportunity Ever-Grand
October 15, 2021
In response to LPs’ growing requests for sharing our virtual research meetings, w....
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♪♪ Please Worry, Don’t be Happy ♪♪
March 3, 2021
This is surely not Bobby McFerrin’s version of the 1988 hit song. However, despit....
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The Big Reset
December 17, 2020
One had hoped for 2020 to be a year with a clear (20/20) vision for a promising f....
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Zooming Past Covid-19
April 16, 2020
Caught in the throes of one of the most severe pandemics of all times, zooming pa....
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EM: Environment for Social Gains
March 11, 2020
At first glance, this appears to be no environment for any gains. The coronavirus....
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EM: More Bite, Less Bark
January 29, 2020
Despite a plethora of lurking dangers, markets had continued to bark until recent....
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EM Vision 20-20 for Some Inconvenient Truths
December 12, 2019
Hindsight is 20-20, as we all know. Look around and forward vision for 20....
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No China for You…
October 31, 2019
…said the China-Nazis* to a US government pension fund, a jarring statement that ....
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EM: WeAct
September 25, 2019
“We Work, We Worry”, read Bloomberg’s recent headline on the debacle of WeWork’s ....
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EM: Toward Real Deals in a World of “No Deals”
August 20, 2019
If only a deal could be struck with China to make this world a better place. But alas, it remains a far-fe....
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EM: Let’s Not Miss the Trees for the Forest…
July 10, 2019
…probably flies in the face of conventional wisdom. It also probably defies traditional investing philosop....
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EM: Elect-Shuns!
June 4, 2019
It is quite ironical that EM, often perceived as a hotbed of political struggles, offers glimmers of stabi....
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EM Alternatives: Looking Through the IPO Window
May 6, 2019
The IPO window is wide, wide open. Lyft, Spotify, Snapchat, Pinterest, Beyond Meat, etc. have already gone....
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Private Assets: EM “Local” for a Better Portfolio Karma
March 28, 2019
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds”, cannot be more true if private capital investments wer....
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Chinese Bonds: State Call over Fed Put
February 27, 2019
The Fed put did it again. Thanks to the Fed’s easy stance on rate tightening and backing-off from withdraw....
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Not Coming up Short in EM
January 23, 2019
“Another year, another dollar”, is perhaps less ordinary and more pressing today for every investor. Etern....
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Markets Despond-EM Responds
December 13, 2018
‘Tis the season for holiday cheer. Alas, many a Grinch is out to ruin the holidays for investors of our gl....
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EM: Real Solutions in Real Economy for Real Money
November 15, 2018
“Real” and “fake” are terms du jour. Avoiding the latter and pursuing what’s “real” is important in invest....
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India: Wake Up and Smell the Chai
October 10, 2018
India runs on chai just as America runs on Dunkin, which incidentally also has a Dunkin Chai to o....
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The Long Private Road to EM
August 28, 2018
“It’s cockamamie idea. For starters, what’s the difference between six and three months? ... Either way we....
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EM’s DM Risks
July 25, 2018
For all the hel-sink-ing moments we have lived through over the past year and half, EM ha....
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Venturing for Growth into EM
June 25, 2018
Growth has become an obsession, and rightly so. The post-recession world has at best seen only a head fake....
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Trading Trade Wars
May 23, 2018
“Make love not war”, is probably an adage appropriate for warring factions but when war is over trade, eve....
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A Chinese Menu for China
April 17, 2018
It may be too hot in China’s kitchen as Master Chef Xi Ji Ping and his sous-chefs are trying hard to cook ....
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Infrastructure Investing: Your Lasting Impact on EM and Portfolios
March 13, 2018
For some uncanny reason, March has had a lasting impact in history, be it the turning point for the Roman ....
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VOL: LOV ‘EM
February 13, 2018
'Tis the season for love but not a lot of love’s been lost on volatility- markets’ long forgotten....
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Spreading for Spread: EM Long/Short Corporate Debt
January 11, 2018
Happy New Year, as happiness abounds in global markets unabated. Killjoys we are not and gladly defer to t....
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Corporate Japan: A Rising Sun for Smaller Companies
December 6, 2017
Background If Rip Van Winkle woke up to the rising sun in Japan today, he’d be greeted....
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EM Distress: Trick or Treat ?
November 9, 2017
Less than ten days ago, cute little monsters huddled around our doors shouting, “trick or treat”. As respo....
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The “Private” in Private Debt
October 18, 2017
There is probably nothing private about private debt anymore for it has widely staked its claim as a legit....
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Present Value of Poli-tech
September 28, 2017
Reconciling a sluggish global economy and all round uncertainty with rallying stock markets and tight spre....
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EM Alternative Ideas Meriting Further Due Diligence
Corporate Japan: Time for Active Engagement to Unlock Value in Smaller Companies
For the past 25 years Japan was mostly a forgotten story with Corporate Japan cash rich but earnings poor reflecting in weak stock prices. However, the last three years have witnessed sweeping corporate reforms that are likely to continue, thus continuing to offer a conducive climate for unlocking share value. Distinct from large cap export oriented names populating broad market indexes, small cap domestic names offer a compelling opportunity for Japan-based “engagement partners” to unlock shareholder value through myriad means targeting mid-high teen IRRs over 1-3 years.
Note: While Japan is a developed market, its market inefficiencies are as attractive as opportunities in EM.
*Any themes/ideas discussed above is not an offer to buy or sell an investment.