PDI is asking investors some key questions, mainly for the benefit of debt managers. But managers should also be doing more to explain themselves to investors.
3 min read · 04 September 2015
Increases in activity in continental Europe will contribute to sizeable growth in loan sales in the region year-on-year, Deloitte says.
2 min read · 28 August 2015
Carnage in the global stock markets has some knock-on benefits for more sheltered private debt markets. Or, as the saying goes, one man’s loss is another man’s gain.
2 min read · 28 August 2015
The wave of hirings and firings brought on by industry consolidation is growing, and now bankers are beginning to feel the ripple effect
3 min read · 21 August 2015
There has been a noticeable smatter of mergers and acquisitions among managers in the private debt market recently. So has the anticipated wave of consolidation begun? And does it benefit investors as much as the managers?
2 min read · 14 August 2015
A survey of institutional investors by Amicus Finance also shows that 64 percent of institutional investors believe that SMEs are too dependent on bank funding.
1 min read · 10 August 2015
The syndicated loan market does not offer debt investors the best value for money – for that you need to go properly private. And this week TICC Capital Corp found someone to guide it in that direction.
3 min read · 07 August 2015
If the biggest US managers are claiming that European opportunities are the most interesting, why are their cousins across the Atlantic arguing the opposite?
3 min read · 31 July 2015
The next market slowdown still seems to be some way off, according to speakers at this week’s Private Equity Exclusive conference, so private debt managers are looking at opportunities outside of distressed for returns.
3 min read · 22 July 2015
As the Ares/GE Senior Secured Loan Program draws to a close, many other joint ventures are proliferating, but are they really made of the same stuff?
3 min read · 10 July 2015
