Alex Lynn
Alex Lynn is Hong Kong Bureau Chief for PEI Media in Hong Kong. He previously covered the EMEA region from PEI's London office, where he was shortlisted for State Street's Journalist of the Year - Alternatives 2018 and 2019. Alex has a master's degree in Journalism from Kingston University and can be found tweeting at @alynnpei.
The firm's debut credit fund combines a senior secured risk profile with a PE-like value creation thesis, managing partner Ming Eng tells PEI Private Credit.
The Switzerland-headquartered manager will seek to invest in LP-led, GP-led and opportunistic deals with an emphasis on senior lending, Secondaries Investor understands.
Global headlines around US private credit have prompted many investors to 'look more carefully' at different market structures, managing director Yasuyuki Fujita tells PDI.
‘Asymmetry’ of information and lack of look-through are preventing some investors from participating, according to speakers at the Private Debt Investor Tokyo Forum.
LPs should prioritise credit selection rather than splitting their portfolios across ’20 or 30’ GPs, says Daniel Garant, global head of capital markets and credit investments.
Headline risks appear to be having a profound impact on allocations from the country.
A growing number of LPs in South Korea see secondaries as an opportunity to invest in credit at a low price with downside protection.
Insurer has committed $400m to five private credit managers this year, according to global head of corporate finance John C S Anderson.
The firm joins an increasingly crowded NAV financing market, with Partners Group and Pemberton Asset Management among those to have also entered the fray in recent years.
Gregory Hardiman, who previously co-led 17Capital's US investment efforts, has been named managing director and head of GP-LP solutions at Crescent Capital.