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Investor Intentions: DBJ seeking new private debt opportunities in Europe

Development Bank of Japan’s search is due to lending restrictions in the country.

Investor Intentions: Sumitomo Life Insurance seeks private debt opportunities

The insurer is looking for global private credit fund managers as part of its strategic 2025 portfolio diversification.

Jirí Król: Support on hand for Asia-Pacific

Regulatory support will be a key factor in developing the region’s ever-growing private credit market.

The challenge of valuing royalties

Those in the market say royalty-based financing is definitely not ‘repackaged credit market beta’. But how is the alpha achieved?

PEI’s NEXUS 2025 conference highlights the impact of uncertainty

Tariffs and ‘higher for longer’ interest rates were just some of the factors attributed to the market’s ambiguous condition.

Regional guide: Benelux punches above its weight for dealflow

Deals in the Netherlands have climbed steeply in the past five years.

Secondaries heads in new directions

Continuation vehicles and trading desks are transforming the credit secondaries market.

Regional guide: UK’s direct lending market sees a strong rebound

The UK market accounts for almost three out of every 10 transactions across Europe.

How the secondaries ecosystem is evolving

From modest roots, credit secondaries is seeing increased fundraising and a greater variety of deals. However, some believe there are limitations.

How regulation has powered Germany’s private credit market

Regulatory changes have opened up Germany’s private credit landscape over the past decade, with compelling returns for investors going forward, writes Jakob Schramm of Golding Capital Partners.