The Canadian pension has scaled up its credit operations in North America and Europe and is turning to China and India. John Graham, global head of credit investments, explains the strategy to Andy Thomson. Additional reporting by John Bakie and Andrew Hedlund
9 min read · 01 October 2019
LPs and bankers had some advice for GPs on competitive differentiators, workout processes and predictions of private debt performance.
3 min read · 26 September 2019
Unitranche has found favour post-GFC as a result of its simplicity. But investors should make sure not to ignore it goes much deeper in the capital structure than traditional first lien senior secured debt.
3 min read · 26 September 2019
PDI reports key takeaways from three Canadian pension funds – CPPIB, OMERS, and PSP – at the Asia Summit in Singapore hosted by Milken Institute last week.
2 min read · 24 September 2019
A recent roundtable revealed managers have new strategic priorities and different sources of capital to target.
3 min read · 19 September 2019
The reconfiguration defines an emerging manager as a GP on its first or second fund and has less than $5bn in AUM.
3 min read · 18 September 2019
With the latest deal, the Switzerland-headquartered global private market investment manager has made more than $600m in loans across Asia-Pacific.
2 min read · 17 September 2019
Nest is targeting 5% of its £8bn in assets for private debt investments as it takes it first steps into private markets.
3 min read · 16 September 2019
In our September magazine’s Deep Dive, investment professionals stressed the benefits of permanent capital. One overlooked advantage is making the asset class more accessible.
2 min read · 12 September 2019
