Investors

Florida SBA faces setback in efforts to introduce CFOs

The $257bn pension has been seeking alternatives to secondaries sales to avoid taking massive discounts in such transactions.

Golden era over but still plenty to offer

Florian Hofer of Golding Capital Partners will be marking private debt’s scorecard at our PDI Germany Forum in Munich. Resilience through crises is a factor in its favour.

Why ESG is now a major talking point

From modest beginnings, the relationship between private debt and ESG is gathering momentum. Priscilla Schnepper of the European Investment Fund will discuss key developments at our PDI Germany Forum.

Fitch wades into rating NAV loans

Agency publishes criteria for NAVs backed by LP secondaries interests, with plans to rate other NAV types down the road.

Contra Costa introduces new real estate debt allocation 

The $11bn pension fund will be launching searches for managers imminently.

Denver Employees takes closer look at real estate credit

The system has rebalanced its portfolio, increasing its private real estate debt target and decreasing that of its core real estate by 2% each way.

UK managers and a potential tax trap

Concerns over changes that may be made to capital gains tax have put private equity firms on red alert – with knock-on effects for the private debt industry. PDI discusses developments with Claire Madden of Connection Capital.

Insurance capital: Rich rewards for those that can step up

A huge pool of insurance industry money could be headed for private debt but there are many levels of complexity for fund managers to navigate. Insurance and debt insiders talk to about the potential benefits and challenges of partnering up.

Can speciality finance tempt German LPs?

It’s a topic that will be under consideration at our upcoming PDI Germany Forum: the likelihood of risk-averse investors being tempted by private debt’s ‘next big thing’.

Credit secondaries remains hot as Coller steps up on $1.6bn GP-led

Abry Partners’ move to seed a new private credit strategy via a continuation fund marks the latest credit secondaries deal used to kick start a new business line.