Europe

The future lies in long-term vehicles

The retailisation of private markets appears to be gathering speed in 2024 as major regulatory changes help widen access to products traditionally dominated by institutional investors.

Can speciality finance tempt German LPs?

It’s a topic that will be under consideration at our upcoming PDI Germany Forum: the likelihood of risk-averse investors being tempted by private debt’s ‘next big thing’.

Carlyle reports record AUM, credit raises $5bn

The firm’s credit AUM is up 25% year-on-year as it chases an overall $40bn fundraising goal, across funds and strategies, for 2024.

The insurer’s guide to infra investing

Alexander Gramann, Munich Re’s senior investment manager for renewables and infra, spots opportunity in the US and sub-IG debt.

One LP’s concerns over systemic risk

In the latest Private Debt Investor Podcast, Raymond Wright of London CIV tells of his wariness around loans passing from regulated bank balance sheets to an unregulated market. But he has high hopes for the asset class in areas such as asset-based finance and secondaries.

Hayfin agrees management buyout deal with Arctos

The deal will see Hayfin’s management team and Arctos take control of the business, which has built a substantial private credit operation in Europe and North America.

Arrow secures $400m from ADIA for real estate credit

The deal follows a number of major commitments to European private credit from the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund.

StoneX to launch BSL trading platform

The platform is set to launch in September, and eventually expand into private credit.