Speciality finance

Canada’s recently legalised Cannabis market could be a major opportunity for debt funds looking to diversify.

The appointments are part of the manager’s efforts to grow the team it set up last year.

There are many approaches to healthcare debt, ranging from investing in companies with negative cashflow up to profitable mid-market businesses. We lift the lid on four ways to engage with the sector

The fund has received significant backing from sovereign wealth funds looking to plug a finance gap facing European industrial SMEs.

Gaining a foothold in the broader market of private debt can be tough, but by picking the best key personnel for a specific area of the economy, lenders may increase dealflow, says Twin Brook Capital Partners’ Trevor Clark.

Healthcare M&A was robust in 2018 and is expected to continue this year, say two Antares Capital dealmakers.

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.

Developing an expertise can help a firm limit competition for dealflow and land a place on the private equity community’s lender speed dial, according to Twin Brook co-managing partner Trevor Clark.

The Singaporean commodity trader’s troubles have put a spotlight on trade finance and its possible applications. Adalla Kim investigates

Investors are poised to take a bigger slice of a market traditionally associated with banks. Jerome Henrion, co-head of specialty finance at M&G Investments, explains why