As the world gradually emerges from lockdown, fund managers are asking whether the pandemic could represent an opportunity for credit markets.
10 min read · 01 July 2020
There is still demand for alternative finance, and this is set to grow further as government schemes are pulled back.
5 min read · 01 July 2020
After a quiet start to the year in private debt fundraising, dislocation strategies have burst on to the scene with their promise of high returns amid the covid-19 turmoil. But without the resources to do proper due diligence, have investors had their heads turned?
10 min read · 01 July 2020
There is a near-term discount opportunity in distressed, but investors need to bear in mind that fund managers may be investing over several years. Alex Odysseos of Houlihan Lokey reflects on the significance of this.
4 min read · 30 June 2020
Retail icons are being toppled, spelling major trouble for US shopping malls as a cascade of defaults looms.
6 min read · 30 June 2020
An unusual occurrence in the $800bn market for collateralised loan obligations is stirring concerns about the health of the broader credit markets.
5 min read · 30 June 2020
Ares and friends participate in a billion-pound finance, £1.875 billion to be exact. Plus: SME funds are springing up to help firms get through the coronavirus crisis and Yieldstreet has launched a private credit vertical for its retail investors.
3 min read · 29 June 2020
The vehicle will focus on European credit opportunities with strong ESG criteria.
1 min read · 29 June 2020
The pandemic has precipitated an explosion in private credit funds, particularly of the distressed debt variety. Now accredited individual investors have another way to join the party.
3 min read · 29 June 2020
Four from our 2019 roster of the young and successful leaders in private debt share how they’ve been impacted by the pandemic, what it could mean for the asset class and what those outside the industry should know about it.
8 min read · 29 June 2020
