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Foreign investors betting big on mortgages in ChinaDistressed debt fund managers including Bain Capital Credit are exploring China’s ‘secured’ lending practices.
BGSL-backed vehicle enters a revolving credit facilityBGSL Breckenridge Funding began the $400m facility with BNP Paribas in December.
What exit? GPs investing in other GPs are in it for the long haulPrivate equity firms taking non-control stakes in other such firms is booming, but the off-ramps for such deals remain mostly theoretical.
GSO co-founder Smith set to launch new firm in 2019No fundraising target for a debut fund has been set yet, but it will be in the billions of dollars.
- FSIC and CCT shareholders back BDCs’ merger
While the merger of the publicly traded vehicles is set to be completed, the combination of their non-traded BDCs has been put on hold amid low stock-trading prices.
KTP seeks multi-credit strategy across the US and Western Europe – exclusiveThe state-backed pension fund is on the hunt for managers to diversify its private corporate investment portfolio and ramp up offshore alternative investments.
DOWNLOAD: Goldman leaps to the top of the PDI 50The US giant has knocked Lone Star off its perch in a year in which the cumulative capital accounted for by private debt's biggest fundraisers was almost double the 2014 total. Check out our interactive guide to the PDI 50.
Kennedy Lewis hits $500m target on initial fund - exclusiveThe New York-headquartered firm has also expanded its management team, with some senior hires in the past few months, Private Debt Investor has learned.
PDI 50: the top 10This year's crème de la crème of the private debt fundraising world.
What trade war?Two major policy changes in Washington – the tax reform bill and tariffs on Chinese imports – have been talking points for US private equity this year but are not yet affecting portfolios. By Isobel Markham