Investors

Blue Owl halts quarterly redemptions in a non-traded BDC

The manager sells $1.4bn of loans in three BDCs and gates Blue Owl Capital Corp II.

The increasing visibility of stress

The BDC market provides a window into more challenging conditions, while maturity walls may force restructurings.

Schroders Capital hires Asia fundraising head from Oaktree

Sabrina Meng will start in a new role at the British GP next month, Private Debt Investor has learned.

How to unlock Asia-Pacific’s private credit potential

The banks have long had a stranglehold on the credit markets, but the role of private funds is becoming more influential, maintains Julien Thinat, head of distribution and credit solutions APAC, Societe Generale.

Performance data provides clues to LP sentiment

Investors are not without concerns but are happy to keep increasing their private debt allocations.

Janus Henderson-backed units launch first asset-backed private credit interval fund

Privacore VPC Asset-Backed Credit Fund will be seeded with $250m in capital from CNO Financial and Corbin Capital.

LPs seek diversification in alternative credit – report

Investors are looking to access new geographies, fund structures and sectors through their private credit allocation in the second half of the decade.

Phoenix investment heads exit amid cost-cutting push

Several senior executives have left the UK life insurer ahead of its imminent rebranding as Standard Life, Private Debt Investor has learned.

New report: Private markets performance data

PEI Group’s quarterly fund performance reports analyse the state of private markets through the lens of our proprietary data to bring you market insights enriched by our reporting and editorial expertise.

Why BDC troubles might be hard to shake off

The business development company market in the US is already coming under pressure – and a high exposure to the software sector may make things worse.