Debt funds and their portfolio companies have grown used to tapping cheap debt facilities, but underperformance amid the covid-19 crisis may see access to finance restricted.
2 min read · 26 March 2020
What liquidity options do firms have as they seek to navigate their way through the covid-19 crisis? Patrick Schoennagel of Houlihan Lokey investigates.
3 min read · 24 March 2020
What are the key issues facing lenders in the face of global pandemic? Four partners from Ropes & Gray share their thoughts on issues ranging from MAC clauses to covenant defaults.
5 min read · 23 March 2020
In recent years, fundraising has piled into the larger private debt funds – creating an elite of capital gathering powerhouses. Catalin Voloseniuc of SEE Credit Partners says its time to consider other options.
3 min read · 23 March 2020
With bond and loan issuance having been brought to a crashing halt by the coronavirus crisis, Sabrina Fox says weak covenants will be equated with weak governance.
2 min read · 20 March 2020
Are private asset classes better positioned to weather the crisis? Our senior editorial teams covering PE, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and secondaries provide insight.
1 min read · 20 March 2020
The deal suggests private credit may be coming of age in Asia as the banks de-risk and shines a spotlight on asset-based lending, says Lachlan Campbell of Equities First Holdings.
5 min read · 20 March 2020
China’s real estate markets are betraying liquidity concerns as sales volumes decrease and operations are delayed.
2 min read · 19 March 2020
The asset class has some reasons for optimism as it begins to map a way through the covid-19 crisis.
4 min read · 19 March 2020
