News & Analysis

Equities back in fashion among those searching for managers; AlbaCore expects private debt resilience amid syndicated fightback; and Arrow extends its footprint in Southern Europe.

Tree Line’s ‘underwriting discipline’ attracted the insurance giant in its pursuit of exposure to mid-market direct lending.

Closings are ticking up as borrowers re-enter the market, but wider activity is still tempered.

Insurance and investment manager teams up with M&A platform to offer private credit solutions to sponsor-backed companies.

A ‘muted’ default situation is discovered by ratings agency KBRA; Singapore and Hong Kong investors keen to allocate to private debt; and the deadline is approaching for Women of Influence nominations.

So much has changed in the private debt world over the last year or so, and Europe has its own particular set of challenges. Delegates at our Europe Summit this week tuned in to the key talking points.

Direct lenders are seeing more competition from the broadly syndicated loan market; debt funds have been seeing strong performance; and Brookfield forms partnership with Castlelake.