Investors

With the latest deal, the Switzerland-headquartered global private market investment manager has made more than $600m in loans across Asia-Pacific.

Nest is targeting 5% of its £8bn in assets for private debt investments as it takes it first steps into private markets.

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.

The firm, which makes control-oriented investments in financially or operationally distressed companies, will focus mainly on the industrial sector.

The strategy brings investors reduced fees and managers can write large cheques. Industry practitioners from The Carlyle Group, Cambridge Associates and Kennedy Lewis Investment Management say these are only a few of the upshots.

The Korean investor is to allocate $250m to North American and Asian mid-market corporate lending strategies.

What defines the Stateside private credit market in 2019? Our recently published US report identified the following themes.

The alternative lender provides senior and mezzanine debt along with both control and non-control equity investments in restaurants.

The narrative of low interest rates, which played a role in the rise of alternative assets, could be here to stay.

The world’s 20 largest sovereign and public pension funds allocated 22% of their assets to alternatives and cash last year, according to Willis Towers Watson.