Investors

Former Ping An Insurance CIO Benjamin Deng had joined Canadian group Sun Life – which owns private credit manager Crescent Capital – in January last year.

But growth in insurance inflows helped boost total credit inflows to $33bn, nearly 50% of the firm’s total.

Insurance firms are among private credit’s biggest supporters, but do they have the internal safeguards to engage appropriately with the asset class?

The US asset manager has hired David Luo from insurer AIA for what is understood to be a newly created role.

Insurers ventured into alternative credit for yield and diversification, but the question of whether the risks are appropriate remains unsettled

It may once again be time to consider lending to certain mid-market property types.

Negative headlines about evergreen funds contributed to the California plan’s decision to abandon its initial $140m investment in those vehicles.

Headline numbers and strategic priorities point to strong levels of institutional support, even for areas of the market under scrutiny.

The trend among retail investors that started in Q1 accelerates, on average, and involves many of the same large fund managers.

Timescales matter to investors, often in very different ways, and GPs need to think about how they can cater to those with different outlooks on the future.