With abundant liquidity, deal terms have been loosening in both the US and Europe. Stephen Boyko and Faisal Ramzan look at the sectors and geographies holding promise for lenders amid this atmosphere.
8 min read · 01 April 2019
The region’s direct lending market has grown over recent years, but the structures that prevail retain a distinctive character when compared with the US.
5 min read · 01 April 2019
Amid record levels of fundraising and an evolving deal market, Proskauer partners Alex Griffith, Faisal Ramzan and Ben Davis examine how private debt’s role is shifting on the continent.
3 min read · 29 March 2019
The European long-term investment fund will offer income investors access to liquid and private debt opportunities.
2 min read · 29 March 2019
Jim Feeley, who also founded multiple firms in the 2000s, will fill the shoes of John Fraser, a holdover from the Investcorp’s 2017 acquisition of a UK-based credit manager.
2 min read · 28 March 2019
With Brexit and European elections due to be over in the coming months, legislators will be looking again at Brussels’ regulatory agenda, and private credit managers are urging them to break down barriers. By John Bakie
5 min read · 28 March 2019
Deal growth has remained healthy as record fundraising in 2017 has created pressure to deploy funds.
2 min read · 25 March 2019
With the addition of Oaktree, a respected credit business, Brookfield has shown how debt investing has risen to prominence post-global financial crisis and become crucial for being a global diversified asset manager.
3 min read · 14 March 2019
More action is needed to retain and promote women and to put them in the C-suite and cadre of decision makers. PDI sought out disparate viewpoints in the industry on how to make it happen, and here’s what we found.
5 min read · 11 March 2019