Fund managers

Manulife’s asset management unit takes 75% stake in Comvest

Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners will have $18.4 billion in AUM, as Canadian insurer continues snapping up assets.

Decalia closes second debt fund on €311m

The fund will focus on less served parts of the European credit market in order to generate alpha for higher returns.

Rising stars on the future of sustainability in private markets

Up-and-coming talent from across PEI Group’s under-40 lists share the sustainability and impact trends that are gaining momentum in alternatives.

Private capital’s role in the fight against climate change

As the all-important 2030 deadline to limit global warming looms, are private markets on track to help meet the world’s critical climate needs?

Alternatives managers change tack on ESG comms

As anti-ESG rhetoric in the US intensifies, private markets players appear to be dialling down their messaging, but not their actions.

Sustainability: Managers double down on value creation and metrics

After an era of exuberance, expansion and ‘rockstar’ roles, sustainability in private markets is being more closely tethered to value creation.

Carlyle highlights insurance, secondaries and credit in Q3 earnings

The firm’s AlpInvest secondaries unit and private wealth help power its growth in AUM, while its private equity business shrank.

Ares raises $1.5bn for speciality healthcare lending fund

The vehicle seeks opportunities in sponsored and non-sponsor backed companies across five subsectors.

The bankruptcy blame game

Signs of credit stress are emerging, but there are different views over its relevance for the private debt market.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance helps power Q3 earnings

Blackstone execs do not see recent defaults as ominous for the traditional private credit market and say they are issues for the banks, as noted on the earnings call.