French lending has been hit by covid-19, but banks have also been affected and the crisis is showing how private debt’s reactive nature can offer financial lifelines in difficult times.
5 min read · 01 February 2021
Private debt managers appear to have weathered the storm well so far. But they are focused on safer assets and wary about a volatile environment in 2021, says Jacco Brouwer of Duff & Phelps.
5 min read · 01 February 2021
The expectation that unitranche financing will outcompete senior bank financing in the European sponsor-led mid-cap market may be misplaced, says Johan Hultner.
4 min read · 01 February 2021
The mandate is the first infrastructure debt allocation made by two Dutch pension funds.
2 min read · 29 January 2021
Debt markets are facing their toughest time since the global financial crisis, but developments in sustainable finance give reasons to be optimistic, according to Knight Frank’s Lisa Attenborough.
3 min read · 25 January 2021
The US manager has backed the launch of a new lending business by former Man Group and Octopus Real Estate executives to capitalise on the UK’s residential financing gap.
3 min read · 18 January 2021
The cross-border linkup represents the US manager’s first foray into Europe.
3 min read · 15 January 2021
The fund is the firm’s first closed-ended private debt vehicle and builds on 10 years of balance sheet lending.
1 min read · 12 January 2021
The special situations fund will seek out market dislocation across Europe.
1 min read · 21 December 2020
