Investors

Capital Structure Forum: ‘No reason’ DC pensions can’t use private debt

DC schemes often falsely assume that regulations are preventing them from accessing private markets.

PSP’s Scudellari: ‘It feels a bit like 2015’

There is the same kind of dislocation in the market that enabled Canada’s PSP to make high returning investments when it first launched into private debt.

Larger issuers, global demand driving growth of private placement debt

John Wills of MetLife Investment Management charts the rise of a market investors are flocking to on an increasingly international basis.

Three lessons for GPs from Seoul’s investors

The second annual Private Debt Investor Seoul Forum featured a bevy of lessons for credit managers about fundraising and engaging with investors in Korea.

Asia rolls out the red carpet

When Japanese and Korean investors tell GPs to invest resources in their respective countries, those managers should listen.

Three key takeaways from Japanese LPs at our Tokyo Forum

The quest for yield has caused many of Japan’s institutional investors to begin wading into private debt.

The Koreans are coming

Investors from Korea are yet to make the Global Investor 30 but it could only be a matter of time judging by the growing appetite for private debt.

Welcome to the PDI Global Investor 30

Our annual ranking of the top 30 investors in the asset class compares the market value of private debt investment portfolios.

Blue Peak launches pan-Africa fund with $200m target – exclusive

The Tunis and London-based firm is aiming for a first close in Q1 2020 as it targets an SME funding gap in the region.

HNWs: A new source of capital for private debt

With a thirst for diversification and yield, private investors are eyeing the likes of CLOs and special situations. Claire Madden of Connection Capital says fund managers should be alive to this trend.