Fundraising

Aero Capital secures $413m for aircraft leasing vehicle

The leasing fund reached final close at a time of unprecedented turmoil in the airline industry.

Debt fundraising plunges in first quarter of 2020

The coronavirus crisis has helped push fundraising even lower in 2020 after several years of decline.

Pandemic is a further drag on fundraising

Our latest figures show private debt funds are finding it tough to raise capital, but this was true before the virus struck.

OCP Asia raises over $200m for Fund IV – exclusive

The latest of its direct lending fund series, launched late last year, aims at an increasing opportunity in the small and mid-sized end of the market in Asia-Pacific.

Crescent beats target for second European direct lending fund – exclusive

The Los Angeles-headquartered fund manager has raised €1.6bn, compared with an initial target of €1bn.

Keppel-Pierfront private credit fund targets $600m for Asia-Pacific

The vehicle has held a first close on $200m and is now in the deployment phase.

Debt funds on thin ice?

Increasingly borrower-friendly terms are a result of high liquidity and competition among private debt funds. But are players taking on risker propositions? Proskauer partners Alex Griffith and Faisal Ramzan share insight.

LP defaults ‘already happening.’ Here’s why, and what GPs’ options are

Two European LPs have already defaulted on capital calls, and more are rumored, as LPs get hit with a one-two punch of large, often early capital calls and drying up distributions.