Speciality finance

Russell launches private debt fund of funds for professional investors

The fund will offer access to an initial group of seven private debt funds through an evergreen structure with quarterly liquidity.

One LP’s view of speciality finance

Maryland pension executive Mike Fang will be one of the leading investor lights at our PDI New York Forum next week. His organisation has a reason for avoiding plain vanilla lending.

AlllianzGI raises €560m for impact credit strategy

The firm has seen appetite for its first developed markets impact credit fund from pensions and insurers, head of impact strategy Diane Mak told New Private Markets.

The speciality finance opportunity is opening up

Asset-backed lending taps underlying loans that were previously the domain of banks.

Can speciality finance tempt German LPs?

It’s a topic that will be under consideration at our upcoming PDI Germany Forum: the likelihood of risk-averse investors being tempted by private debt’s ‘next big thing’.

Why lenders have a sporting chance

Traditionally a happy hunting ground for equity, the sports sector is now opening up to non-bank lending as well. Aaron Kless of Andalusian Credit Partners explains why the potential is huge.

Configure Partners report shows increased competition for deals

After slow M&A activity in 2023, private lenders are becoming more aggressive as they fall behind schedule with their deployment of capital.

Raising a NAV fund? Head to Korea

NAV’s inherent synergies with secondaries means the strategy is gaining significant traction among East Asian LPs.

Polestar receives €43m for circular debt strategy

A new round of fundraising brings total deployable capital for the fund to €240m to back innovative sustainability businesses in the Netherlands.