Investors

DOWNLOAD: Q1 2026 one of the most prolific fundraising quarters on record

A record first quarter speaks to continued institutional investor enthusiasm for private debt despite concerns on the retail side.

The illiquidity crisis: Democratised and distressed

Matthias Kirchgaessner examines retail redemption stress, institutional contagion channels and the broader repercussions for the private credit market.

Samsung Asset Management eyes credit secondaries, co-investments

Such opportunities ‘can provide us with some downside protection against the macro flows rather than going with the flow as part of the herd’, says head and OCIO Seong Sup Cho.

Manulife to deploy more than $2bn in private credit

Insurer has committed $400m to five private credit managers this year, according to global head of corporate finance John C S Anderson.

Carlyle interval fund limits outflows after 15.7% of assets requested for redemption

The firm said that redemptions were not motivated by fundamentals, but by a broader trend of investors seeking liquidity from funds elsewhere.

Defence moves to the frontline

A huge increase in government spending, increasingly positive investor sentiment and a shift from the new economy to the old – all reasons why European defence is a lender target.

Pollen Street closes Credit Fund IV on £2.5bn

The fund beat its target and expects to make more than 50 loans to European borrowers.

Ares names new Asia credit head

An ex-Goldman Sachs executive will succeed Edwin Wong, with new co-heads for the Asia special situations strategy also in place.

US regulators aim sights on private debt risk as insurance interest grows

Talks between domestic and international regulators will begin in April and continue throughout the summer.

Jirí Król: How the UK has achieved a good balance in its securitisation reform proposals

Competitiveness and investor protection are given equal standing and weight throughout the proposals, writes the global head of the Alternative Credit Council.