Asia-Pacific

A challenging fundraising environment last year was felt by infrastructure debt GPs, resulting in some re-shuffling but also the emergence of new entrants.

Speaking at PDI’s Seoul Forum this week, executives from Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives and Government Employees Pension Service shared their key criteria for GP selection.

Korea Investment Corporation is among those seeing more opportunities emerge in European credit markets, director JunChan Yoon noted at PDI’s Seoul Forum on Tuesday.

Nuveen Real Estate has held a second close for the fund on around A$650m following the investment, with a final close due this year.

A new report sees more regulation as an ‘important step forward’, in private credit especially.

Aggregate capital raising for the largest real estate credit managers declined for the first time in the ranking’s history.

The Chinese debt market may have been around for two decades, but there are still many misconceptions around private credit in the world’s second-largest economy, says Benjamin Fanger of ShoreVest Partners.

The US private debt manager continues the global buildout of its insurance team with a view to managing more assets for clients in that segment.

West Street Asia Private Credit Advisors was registered in Luxembourg last month, according to public filings.

The third vintage of the Dubai-based credit fund achieves 70% of its target two months after its launch.