Investors

Blackstone’s Jon Gray took on the negative headlines around the asset class last week. The importance of a staunch defence against the criticism should not be underestimated.

Adams Street survey finds an expectation of growing allocations from individual investors despite limited awareness of private equity and credit structures.

Primary Wave’s fourth and largest such fund exceeded its original $1.5bn target fundraise and hard cap.

Infrastructure debt is increasingly popular among LPs, particularly those with more established credit portfolios.

Secondaries on the rise, but LPs and GPs don’t always see eye to eye. Also, Pemberton highlights US/Europe disparity over retail and software woes; and private credit deals on the up in Africa. Here’s today’s brief for our valued subscribers only.

The UK insurer is talking to managers of collateralised loan obligations as it eyes new areas of private debt. It’s also active in fund finance.

The firm’s Credit Opportunities Fund II collected more than double its target and will primarily invest in secondaries and co-investments

‘Asymmetry’ of information and lack of look-through are preventing some investors from participating, according to speakers at the Private Debt Investor Tokyo Forum.

While the retail investor flight from private credit garners the majority of coverage, institutions are staying put.

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