The coronavirus pandemic is having grave and sweeping effects, but investors must start somewhere as they plot their next steps.
2 min read · 09 April 2020
As in the last major crisis, non-bank lenders will be expected to displace the banks as a source of finance.
3 min read · 02 April 2020
Debt funds and their portfolio companies have grown used to tapping cheap debt facilities, but underperformance amid the covid-19 crisis may see access to finance restricted.
2 min read · 26 March 2020
The asset class has some reasons for optimism as it begins to map a way through the covid-19 crisis.
4 min read · 19 March 2020
Private debt professionals have frequently shared the view that the good times couldn’t last forever. Amid the global spread of coronavirus, they are set to be challenged as never before.
3 min read · 12 March 2020
With the spread of covid-19 sparking fears of recession, GPs may venture outside their traditional hunting grounds.
3 min read · 05 March 2020
Currency shocks have created opportunities in markets investors prefer to avoid. Do they need to revisit their assumptions?
3 min read · 27 February 2020
We continue a conversation begun last week with reflections on why the private debt secondaries market may struggle to establish itself.
2 min read · 20 February 2020
Private debt is behind other alternative asset classes when it comes to secondary activity and opinions differ as to when it’s worth taking seriously.
3 min read · 13 February 2020