News & Analysis

Asian insurer FWD names new CIO for Hong Kong, Macau

The incumbent has left the Hong Kong-based firm, which has a $46.5bn investment portfolio, after a seven-year tenure.

Ares CEO says it avoids trade finance, seeks to reassure on credit cycle

Michael Arougheti, Ares’ CEO, views subprime lender collapses as ‘idiosyncratic and isolated’, not signifying a turn in the credit cycle.

Fund performance indices hit the market

LSEG’s FTSE Russell teams up with StepStone, and Bloomberg takes on indices from Hamilton Lane.

Aviva’s Bockelmann on the shift from cashflows to assets

Ahead of December’s Women in Private Markets Summit, Aviva’s Melissa Bockelmann discusses investor appetite for asset-based lending.

Australian regulator flags further surveillance of private funds market

ASIC says it needs ‘greater visibility’ to support market integrity and help maintain confidence, and will carry out ‘targeted surveillance’ in the next 18 months.

Jirí Król: Product design is a subtle balance

Fund structures are evolving to meet the evolving needs of LPs and the new wave of retailisation.

Manulife’s asset management unit takes 75% stake in Comvest

Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners will have $18.4 billion in AUM, as Canadian insurer continues snapping up assets.

ILPA: Retail vehicles could fundamentally affect GP-LP alignment, industry’s long-term health

Growth in the retail space could come to the detriment of traditional LPs and their investment interests, says the Institutional Limited Partners Association.

CVC hails role of capital solutions

Head of CVC Credit Andrew Davies and partner Miguel Toney discuss which tailwinds are driving capital solutions in junior credit.