News & Analysis

Korean LPs are on the back foot

Headline risks appear to be having a profound impact on allocations from the country.

Credit secondaries gains traction among Korean LPs

A growing number of LPs in South Korea see secondaries as an opportunity to invest in credit at a low price with downside protection.

Korean LPs take credit breather as headline risks dent allocation plans

At least two Korean LPs are temporarily holding off on new commitments to corporate credit funds.

DOWNLOAD: Q1 2026 one of the most prolific fundraising quarters on record

A record first quarter speaks to continued institutional investor enthusiasm for private debt despite concerns on the retail side.

Addressing trustee anxiety about headlines, Chicago’s consultant stresses credit’s insulation from issues

Consultant for $14bn pension plan, Callan, provided an overview of private credit’s potential tailwinds that ran the gamut – from retail investors to defaults and AI disruption.

Adams Street Partners holds $7.5bn final close

Adams Street’s third private credit platform focuses on senior financing to sponsored mid-market US and European businesses.

The illiquidity crisis: Democratised and distressed

Matthias Kirchgaessner examines retail redemption stress, institutional contagion channels and the broader repercussions for the private credit market.

Samsung Asset Management eyes credit secondaries, co-investments

Such opportunities ‘can provide us with some downside protection against the macro flows rather than going with the flow as part of the herd’, says head and OCIO Seong Sup Cho.

Manulife to deploy more than $2bn in private credit

Insurer has committed $400m to five private credit managers this year, according to global head of corporate finance John C S Anderson.