Many in private markets seem content with market conditions, but it wouldn’t take much for a temporary wobble to become a longer-lasting problem.
3 min read · 09 May 2019
Demand for private debt is growing from the likes of mutual funds and retail investors, which need an alternative to closed-end funds.
2 min read · 02 May 2019
There has been a clear trend for limited partners to create specialised buckets for their private debt allocations. So what lies behind PensionDanmark’s reverse manoeuvre?
2 min read · 25 April 2019
Canada’s Northleaf is raising an evergreen senior debt vehicle that has attracted the country’s mutual funds, providing a glimpse of what life for US managers could look like if a key rule were rolled back.
2 min read · 18 April 2019
Oklahoma’s TRS is the latest to pay more attention to its GPs’ calculations; more scrutiny should be welcomed.
3 min read · 11 April 2019
For distressed debt firms concerned about a lack of dealflow, there’s a simple solution: do litigation funding instead.
3 min read · 04 April 2019
Private debt’s biggest influencers: What are they really like? Meet James Newsome of Arbour Partners as he talks about Belgian dance music, Warren Buffett, capitalism and his 25-year-old self.
1 min read · 03 April 2019
Japan’s Norinchukin Bank has emerged as an unlikely force in the leveraged loan market, but views vary on the desirability of this development.
3 min read · 28 March 2019
Fears are growing that here is a market potentially posing systemic risk. Research from Partners Group suggests such concern may be misplaced.
3 min read · 21 March 2019
