Why prospects are looking good for global credit. Plus: the increasing attraction of Asia when it comes to fund domiciles and USS’s new partnership with Pluto Finance. Here’s today’s brief for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 27 September 2021
Are new-fangled margin ratchets the best way to motivate good ESG behaviour among issuers? Some panellists at Private Debt Investor’s Virtual Forum 2021 had their doubts.
3 min read · 27 September 2021
The US public pension has backed KKR’s open-end North American infrastructure vehicle.
1 min read · 24 September 2021
The consumer sector is showing hints of improvement but is still first in line for defaults. Plus: the fund manager launching a renewables debt strategy and a new platform for KKR. Here’s today’s brief for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 23 September 2021
Were the Chinese property developer to default, it would be the high-yield market in the immediate firing line.
2 min read · 23 September 2021
With high-yield bonds added, the leveraged finance market tops $3trn for the first time ever.
2 min read · 22 September 2021
The vehicle attracted the commitments in less than three months.
2 min read · 20 September 2021
Pondering the risks posed to Asian private credit by the struggles of a Chinese property developer. Plus: the Canadian pension with ambitious environmental targets and New Mountain Capital’s thoughts on inflation. Here’s today’s brief for our valued subscribers only.
5 min read · 20 September 2021
Fund II’s expected closing comes four years after BC Partners hired Apollo Global Management’s Ted Goldthorpe to create and lead a New York-based private debt strategy.
3 min read · 17 September 2021
The US public pension has backed a pair of corporate debt vehicles.
1 min read · 16 September 2021