The past year has seen increasing appetite for distressed debt and special situations. PDI considers the factors behind the trend.
2 min read · 30 May 2018
UK local government pension funds are starting to pool their assets as part of an ambitious consolidation project, but a selection of London managers have clubbed together to advance their more sophisticated plans for private debt. John Bakie reports
3 min read · 29 May 2018
What are the big changes in the geopolitical scene that managers and investors should be keeping an eye on? Christopher Smart of Barings analyses the key trends.
4 min read · 24 May 2018
The Granite State retirement plan has made two direct lending commitments this year.
1 min read · 23 May 2018
Subsidiary Azalea Asset Management had been acquiring stakes on the secondaries market with the intention of using them in its Astrea IV collateralised fund obligation.
2 min read · 23 May 2018
The sovereign fund plans to increase its allocation to alternative investments by 2020.
2 min read · 23 May 2018
NIC and VCERA are looking to set aside 5% and 3% to the asset class, respectively, with the former looking to concentrate on direct lending.
2 min read · 22 May 2018
The private debt pacing plan for the two limited partners runs through 2028.
2 min read · 18 May 2018
The CIO of the world’s largest pension fund, Hiro Mizuno, shares his view on ESG as a way to mitigate external risks.
3 min read · 18 May 2018
A striking 90% of fund manager respondents said they had identified improvements that needed to be made to their operational management around loans.
2 min read · 18 May 2018
