Editor’s letter – June 2008

Three ways to leave direct lending behind

Polus secures $600m for second special sits fund

Loan Note: EIF pursues defence credit; Report highlights credit shift towards larger end of market

Ex-BNP Paribas, PIMCO veterans launch ‘AI-forward’ private credit firm

Blackstone realisations sink 34% in Q3

First through the breach

Loan Note: Germany’s Maryland has eyes on sports credit; Sagard moves into US wealth