Having emerged in the US, numerous other countries are now encouraging debt-for-equity swaps.
3 min read · 24 November 2016
The real estate debt lender has issued the first bond from the UK government-backed PRS guarantee scheme. It is aiming to raise a total of £265m through the issuance.
2 min read · 21 November 2016
Experts at a Duff & Phelps seminar at London’s Shard building shone some light on the outcome of the (latest) unexpected election result.
3 min read · 09 November 2016
The app will enable the placement agent’s private fund clients to gain real time access to the status of their fundraise.
1 min read · 08 November 2016
A survey from Elian, revealed exclusively to PDI, shows almost three-quarters of LPs maintaining or increasing their private debt allocations.
1 min read · 02 November 2016
Sir Michael Rake, chairman of BT Group and Worldpay, said private debt “meets a real need” but said the mistakes of the past must not be repeated.
2 min read · 18 October 2016
The common feeling on the morning of PDI’s London conference was that the asset class will continue to flourish, but Brexit uncertainty and intensifying competition pose threats to fund managers.
3 min read · 18 October 2016
The placement agent has added former Unigestion professional Haroon Chishti as a director in its New York office.
1 min read · 12 October 2016
Paola Leocani and Nicholas Lasagna both join the firm’s financial markets team in the Milan office.
1 min read · 11 October 2016
Optimism was in abundance on the first day of the LendIt conference held in London yesterday, but questions remain over the longevity of the model.
4 min read · 11 October 2016
