Europe

Bridgepoint Credit: The tide is turning for new mid-market deals

Private equity sponsors have the confidence to step back into the market after a sluggish 2023, say Bridgepoint Credit’s Paul Johnson and Andrew Cleland-Bogle.

Apera Asset Management on why it pays to think small in the mid-market

With low levels of leverage, enhanced structural protections and limited competition, the European lower mid-market is the place to be, say Apera Asset Management partners Klaus Petersen and David Wilmot.

Regulators look out for trouble

In both the US and Europe, regulators are taking a keen interest in private debt, write McDermott Will & Emery’s Aymen Mahmoud, Riley Orloff and Matthias Weissinger. But do regulators have a distorted view of the asset class’s risks?

What do lenders want from sponsors in the mid-market?

With private equity investment activity picking up, lenders reveal to Jon Yarker what they need to see from these sponsors to partake in deals.

BlackRock’s Caron: ‘Returns have never been so high’

M&A activity will pick up as borrowers and lenders gain confidence from a more stabilised rate environment, says the firm’s head of European mid-market private debt.

Affinius Capital sets up European lending platform 

The New York-based manager aims to tap into credit opportunities arising outside of the US.

What’s on the minds of European investors?

So much has changed in the private debt world over the last year or so, and Europe has its own particular set of challenges. Delegates at our Europe Summit this week tuned in to the key talking points.

Regional guide: Signs of green shoots in Europe

Fundraising and deal volumes are down but there were clear signs of a rebound in Q4 2023.