The St Paul-based organisation backed three private debt vehicles in its latest round of commitments.
1 min read · 01 March 2022
Plenty of capital is being raised for private debt, but not much of it is finding its way into UK SMEs
5 min read · 01 March 2022
Distressed investing has had a relatively quiet time of it, but that’s about to change. FocusPoint’s co-founder and CEO examines the pressures that are mounting up to create an explosion of opportunity
5 min read · 01 March 2022
Volatile times call for new and perhaps unusual approaches. John Bakie takes a look at three investment firms with specific angles to weather changing environments
5 min read · 01 March 2022
The coming year may not be quite as frenetic as 2021, but we can still expect deal and fundraising activity to remain at healthy levels, writes Andy Thomson.
5 min read · 01 March 2022
With ESG criteria increasingly being incorporated into loans, fund managers are coming under pressure to meet regulations such as SFDR and the EU Taxonomy
4 min read · 01 March 2022
There has been a surge of interest in the retail investor channel, with fund managers launching new products and hiring specialist resources. But concerns such as transparency and liquidity form a challenging background for those on both the investor and asset management sides. Robin Blumenthal lifts the lid on the key issues
10 min read · 01 March 2022
Healthcare is one of a handful of sectors that maintained strong demand from financiers through the pandemic. Claire Coe Smith explores the broader trend towards specialisation
7 min read · 01 March 2022
As they hunt for yield and look to shield themselves from inflation, institutional investors are taking a growing interest in a niche part of the leasing market that presents both opportunities and challenges
5 min read · 01 March 2022
