Research & Data

Navigating a market in flux

With interest rates and trade wars topping LPs’ list of concerns for 2026, managers will need to maintain clear communication channels to assuage investor anxieties, finds our LP Perspectives 2026 Study.

A PE roll-up gone wrong and the lenders who feel the pain

Is the problem a mark-to-model issue or the lack of a sound business plan by a mid-market concern?

The AI threat to delayed exits

Private credit managers happy to extend loan holding periods may find new technologies will wait for no one.

Germany’s secured credit reset

Independent enforcement is a superior alternative to M&A and workout processes, maintains Dagmar Gold of Deutsche Pfandverwertung.

LPs may turn their backs on retail-friendly GPs, early ILPA survey data suggests

Early results from an ILPA survey suggest LPs are ready to draw a line in the sand when it comes to investing with managers chasing retail capital.

Why sustainability-linked loans should be a talking point

For borrowers and their sponsors, SLLs are a direct way of ensuring ESG integration is a lever for financial value.

Fund performance indices hit the market

LSEG’s FTSE Russell teams up with StepStone, and Bloomberg takes on indices from Hamilton Lane.

Aviva’s Bockelmann on the shift from cashflows to assets

Ahead of December’s Women in Private Markets Summit, Aviva’s Melissa Bockelmann discusses investor appetite for asset-based lending.