The ECB president’s attempts to spark increased bank lending to European SMEs this week could have given private debt funds serious cause for concern. Here’s why they should breathe easily.
3 min read · 06 June 2014
The Vienna-headquartered, Central and Eastern Europe-focused mezzanine fund manager has backed Romanian group Expert Petroleum in the latest deal from its second fund.
2 min read · 06 June 2014
A decision on an AIM listing for a feeder fund to TCA Global Credit is expected in July.
2 min read · 06 June 2014
The US bank has joined peers in raising issuance forecasts for the US market, which could set a new record this year if predictions prove correct.
1 min read · 05 June 2014
The Paris-based manager is seeking to raise €400m for the follow-up to its 2007-vintage mezzanine fund.
1 min read · 05 June 2014
The $19.15 billion State Investment Council has approved a $75 million commitment to Brookfield Real Estate Finance Fund IV.
2 min read · 06 June 2014
Indian conglomerate Piramal has merged its funds management business with its non-bank loan business to form Piramal Funds Management.
2 min read · 04 June 2014
Private debt group AgFe has raised £1.4bn ($2.3bn; €1.7bn) of capital for investment in senior commercial mortgages across two new UK funds and is on course to raise £2bn.
3 min read · 04 June 2014
India’s first infrastructure debt funds under the NBFC structure start ball rolling on takeout financing.
2 min read · 03 June 2014
Alaska's huge $750m separate account with Apollo, focused purely on credit strategies, shows just how important private debt has become for institutional investors and is further proof that such accounts are growing in popularity.
3 min read · 30 May 2014
