Asia-Pacific

Regulatory support will be a key factor in developing the region’s ever-growing private credit market.

The German asset manager, with around €18.5bn in private credit assets, will lose Desmond Ng in the summer.

Pierre-Emmanuel Brard’s hire is part of Blackstone’s global push to raise more capital from insurers, affiliate title PEI learns.

Shifting global dynamics are adding further fuel to private credit growth drivers in Asia-Pacific, say Ryan Chung and Isaac Wong of Huatai International.

Fundraising for Asia-Pacific distressed debt is challenging and accessing dealflow can be hard. However, opportunities abound for those with the right capabilities and good connections.

Fundraising for Asia-Pacific has been extremely challenging over the past two years, but the foundations for long-term growth are strong.

The transaction is Fortitude’s sixth in Japan, and brings its originations to $8bn in 2025.

The institution’s $133bn investment management unit has appointed a former head of alternatives from Singapore’s NTUC Income to the newly created role.

Asset managers wanting to raise more capital from insurers in Asia need to raise their game, say insurance executives, as the region presents particular hurdles.

The industry wants to invest in foreign private debt, and given its $4trn-odd in assets, even a small allocation would be a very big deal. Sun Life’s Ben Deng, former CIO of two of China’s biggest insurers, discusses the landscape.