Deals

Kartesia: Navigating the waves of 2021

While covid-19 has proved challenging, this year offers many opportunities despite the chaos, says Laurent Bouvier, managing partner at Kartesia.

Ares raises almost €9.5bn after record-breaking results

The target for the European fund has been exceeded, as Ares’ gross fundraising surpasses $40bn and net income more than doubles.

Apollo closes on $2.3bn dislocation fund

The New York-based manager has raised more than $4.1bn for the strategy over the past 10 months.

Project finance: building risk-mitigated, long-term returns for private debt

Private debt should have a major role to play in all sizes and types of project finance, according to David Rose of the Project Finance Exchange.

Bain BDC teams with Pantheon for international expansion

A business development company owned by Bain will reach into European and Australian direct lending through the launch of a new platform.

British Business Bank says private debt plays ‘vital’ role for UK SMEs

Private debt has played a major role in funding small UK businesses and is set to be vital to SME recovery post-covid.

Have fund managers really left the crisis behind?

The private debt deal market is picking up as confidence grows, but there still may be a long journey back to normal.

European private debt deals double in Q4 rebound

European private debt activity rebounded during the fourth quarter of 2020 and bank retrenchment helped drive increased market share.