Matt Setchell

You are cordially invited to attend our next online event.  Today, Tuesday October 7th 10.30 am.

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Matt Setchell from Octopus Energy Generation (part of  Octopus Energy) will be presenting his opinions on accessing private market funds.

In these uncertain markets, investors are looking for ways to allocate to uncorrelated private market strategies. However, the complexity to access and the lack of liquidity in these funds can be a challenge for investors, who might require more visibility on how they will be able to liquidate their investment within shorter timeframes than the typical life of private market funds.

At the same time, there is a £212tn funding requirement to deliver the energy transition – this offers a large range of different risk and return profiles that will appeal to different investor appetites. It is clearly a huge opportunity but requires a deep, specialist understanding of the broader energy sector across markets, to separate the attractive investment opportunities from the hype.

Matt Setchell, Co-Head of Octopus Energy Generation, has said in ESGtoday:

“For too long, pension schemes and private wealth have had limited investment opportunities in private markets due to a lack of innovative solutions. The launch of this fund changes that. It’s been built from the ground up to remove the structural barriers for investors wishing to participate in the $275 trillion generational investment opportunity to fund the energy transition and invest alongside professional investors and institutional funds from around the world. Day one investors will own a globally diverse portfolio of renewable projects and companies – delivering genuine impact with no compromise on financial returns.”

Matt Setchell co-heads Octopus Energy Generation – the fund management business owned by Octopus Energy – a UK company leading the energy transition globally. As a specialist in the sector, with £7bn of energy investments under management. Matt explains where the opportunities are, and what solutions are available for investors to get to net zero without compromising on investment returns ; he’ll talk through retaining monthly liquidity; and delivering additional diversification and uncorrelated assets to investor portfolios.

We hope you can join!