The $27bn retirement system defines alternatives as including mezzanine, distressed debt and secondary strategies.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
The asset manager’s infrastructure subsidiary provided a $50m multi-draw loan to Rockland Capital.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
Unitranche products have become a preferred form of loan financing, according to Cowen and Company’s Len Sheer.
2 min read · 30 April 2014
The French-based asset manager, founded by Antoine Flamarion (pictured) and Mathieu Chabran, has hired Debra Anderson to help with the expansion of its credit business in Europe.
2 min read · 30 April 2014
The Texan power company, bought by TPG, KKR and Goldman in 2007 for a record $48 billion, has folded under the weight of around $40bn of debt and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2 min read · 29 April 2014
Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities platform invests across the firm’s credit, real estate, private equity and hedge platforms.
2 min read · 29 April 2014
The pair's European Senior Secured Loan Programme has made its seventh investment, a unitranche facility for Alchemy-owned Parkdean.
1 min read · 29 April 2014
S&P figures for both Europe and the US show leverage multiples are creeping back up to pre-crisis levels.
2 min read · 29 April 2014
Japan’s second largest bank by assets has revealed to PERE it intends to expand its overseas fund commitments from Asia to Europe and the US before the year is out.
2 min read · 28 April 2014
The corporate credit specialist has raised €156 million for an Italy-focused debt fund and expects a further close this year, potentially on double that amount.
1 min read · 28 April 2014