Panellists at an event chaired by S&P's on Thursday agreed the UK mid-market was failing to fully embrace alternative lenders.
1 min read · 28 November 2013
DC Advisory’s latest quarterly report paints an encouraging picture for private debt.
2 min read · 27 November 2013
Whether it’s GE Capital and Ares, Avenue and JZ Capital Partners, or ICG and Nomura, joint ventures are proving popular with managers looking to tap new markets or build scale quickly.
3 min read · 22 November 2013
In a few short years, Blackstone has become the largest owner of buy-to-rent properties. But the launch of a new lending platform suggests the longer-term opportunity in the space may be in debt.
3 min read · 25 November 2013
There are plenty of warning signs, from frothy high yield markets to the proliferation of cov-lite structures. Yet these mask a new recognition that banks aren’t the most appropriate end holders of risk.
3 min read · 15 November 2013
The commercial real estate market would be much healthier today if banks had just foreclosed on nonperforming loans, according to the founder of Equity Group Investments.
3 min read · 13 November 2013
There's much to do in terms of educating LPs and capitalising on the sheer enormity of the private debt opportunity globally, but as befits a market that's no stranger to entrepreneurialism and hard work, the US is leading the way.
3 min read · 08 November 2013
Whilst the large multi-asset managers continue to make headlines, there’s a group of managers and investors targeting much smaller investments and thereby addressing a chronic funding shortfall.
3 min read · 01 November 2013
The two days of Private Debt Investor's inaugural conference provided a cornucopia of views from a diverse selection of managers, investors and advisors.
4 min read · 25 October 2013
Blackstone’s private equity chief Joe Baratta has indicated that the US is in the midst of a sub-investment grade bubble. What does Tony James think?
2 min read · 18 October 2013
