The California pension plan has made mezzanine and distressed debt commitments in the past but not direct lending.
2 min read · 10 January 2020
Private markets are likely to benefit from increased allocations from insurance companies seeking higher returns in the coming years.
2 min read · 16 December 2019
How Anglo-Saxon and Dutch pension funds are helping to transform the world economy, with alternative assets on their radars. By Nicolas Firzli
4 min read · 16 December 2019
PDI’s private debt prognosticators take a crack at predicting several of the big themes that will be front of mind next year.
3 min read · 12 December 2019
Investors are still looking to commit more capital to private debt, with direct lending the most popular strategy.
3 min read · 03 December 2019
An early adopter, Arizona State Retirement System has become a giant of the asset class. Andrew Hedlund visits its Phoenix offices to find out how its portfolio has been shaped and what the future holds
10 min read · 02 December 2019
Talk of how to respond to a downturn was on the agenda at our recent London event, amid scepticism that fund managers were sufficiently well prepared.
3 min read · 28 November 2019
Purna Bhudia, head of credit at the Pension Protection Fund, talked to PDI about how the fund approaches credit investing and how to manage the ups and downs of credit investing.
9 min read · 26 November 2019
Relative to its peers in private equity and other asset classes, private debt is behind the curve on ESG. It is catching up, but with various approaches and motivations.
3 min read · 21 November 2019
