Technology, software and communications continue to provide attractive investment opportunities, with private equity sponsors enjoying the high growth and defensibility of the sectors.
1 min read · 01 April 2019
Healthcare M&A was robust in 2018 and is expected to continue this year, say two Antares Capital dealmakers.
1 min read · 25 March 2019
Jaime Prieto, managing partner at European lower mid-market private debt manager Kartesia, talks about the opportunities presented by Brexit, Emmanuel Macron and the non-sponsored market.
5 min read · 01 March 2019
Francesco Battazzi is the head of diversified debt funds investments at the European Investment Fund, an EU institution focusing on SME finance. He offers his view on the future of private debt in the continent.
5 min read · 01 March 2019
Company weaknesses are beginning to be exposed in Europe, so how private debt managers position themselves to take advantage is crucial. PDI discusses key market themes with three senior partners from EQT Credit.
10 min read · 04 February 2019
Stephen McKenna, co-head, private debt and capital markets at SANNE, digests some of the biggest developments in 2018 for a maturing private debt industry and what they might mean for the fund services sector in 2019.
5 min read · 01 February 2019
As we near the end of the current cycle, the maturing private debt industry hits a crucial stage in its evolution. Cesar Estrada, State Street’s head of product management for private equity and real assets fund services, explains how fund services will play a part.
6 min read · 01 February 2019
Today’s unique market dynamics will result in opportunities in a downturn for credit managers that prudently manage investors’ capital in boon times.
1 min read · 23 January 2019
The healthcare sector has been attractive to mid-market lenders and PE sponsors for years. The way transactions are done keeps evolving, but the potential regulatory risk remains, says Twin Brook’s Faraaz Kamran.
1 min read · 10 January 2019
When a private credit manager is the lead arranger in a transaction, it gives the firm a level of control and compensation it would otherwise not receive, Garrett Ryan, a partner and head of capital markets at Twin Brook Capital Partners, says.
1 min read · 10 December 2018
