Competition from the broadly syndicated loan (BSL) market is not a bad thing for private debt, according to Benefit Street Partners’ head of research Anant Kumar. The asset manager’s managing director noted that “there’s always a certain degree of tension between syndicated loans and direct lending”, with growth in the latter meaning that it is […]
Private Kapitalgeber können zwei zentrale Probleme des Mittelstands zugleich lösen – wenn alle wissen, worauf sie sich einlassen.
Von Investitionen in außerbörsliche Anlageklassen wie Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastruktur oder Private Real Estate erhoffen sich Investoren grundsätzlich eine Mehrrendite gegenüber börsennotierten Investments sowie verlässliche regelmäßige Einnahmen und Diversifikationsvorteile.
The number of public and private funds with climate-related names has surged in recent years, with more than 70% of the cumulative capitalization attributed to funds launched since the start of 2020. Despite similarity in the names, these funds are rather different. Renewable electricity accounted for over 40% of private climate funds’ net asset value, […]
Goldman Sachs Group is looking to tap the private credit markets to raise around $250m in capital to improve liquidity at plant-based meat substitute producer Beyond Meat, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Assets are up and activity abounds in the upper, middle and lower markets. The growth of the private credit market has been nothing short of breathtaking and, in just a few short years, interest has skyrocketed along with assets under management. What was once a niche corner of the alternative investment landscape, private debt – […]
Die BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft hat ihr Mezzanine-Investment bei der Wenzel Group erhöht. Das Unternehmen ist auf hochpräzise Messmaschinen und Messtechnik-Software für Qualitätssicherungszwecke spezialisiert. Mit den zusätzlichen Eigenkapitalmitteln will das Familienunternehmen den Vertrieb ausbauen und den weiteren Wachstumskurs fortsetzen.
Die Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance verabschiedet mit ihrem vierten Protokoll weitere Ziele: So umfasst die Allianz künftig fast alle Anlageklassen in den Portfolios der institutionellen Investoren, zudem sollen bis 2030 neue Meilensteine erreicht werden.
Seit 2021 hat das Unternehmen ein Büro in Frankfurt. Der größte Teil des verwalteten Vermögens in Höhe von $77 Milliarden entfällt mit $29 Milliarden auf Private Equity. Darüber hinaus ist der Asset Manager auf Absolute Return-Strategien, Infrastruktur und Private Debt spezialisiert.
The proliferation of private credit is a positive development for South Africa, as it potentially fuels more growth activity and drives critical capital injections into impact and alternatives investments like infrastructure.
The private credit industry enjoyed its highest annual returns since the global financial crisis, despite a falloff in investment volume late in the year. Investors in private debt funds, whose primary underlying assets are leveraged non-bank loans for businesses, fared extremely well in 2023. Such loans gained 13.3% for the year, according to the US […]
As direct lending becomes a more popular financing option for middle-market and large U.S. companies, banks are increasingly seeking new ways to leverage their existing customer networks to participate in the direct lending market. However, because traditional banks have been largely circumscribed by regulators in their ability to participate directly in the leveraged loan market, […]
Global ESG-Investoren fordern mehr Verantwortlichkeit von Akteuren an den privaten Märkten, um Emissionen im Portfolio zu reduzieren. Die Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) mit einem verwalteten Vermögen von 9,5 Bill. Dollar erweitert ihr Vorgaben auf alle privaten Anlageklassen. Bisher waren Kreditfonds, direkt gehaltene Immobilienkreditfonds und Wohnhypothekendarlehen ausgeschlossen.
Park Place Technologies has secured a roughly $2bn financing package from a group of private lenders led by Blackstone, which will be used to refinance its existing debt and provide a payout to the company’s private equity owners GTCR and Charlesbank Capital Partners, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Riverside Company, a US private equity firm focused on making control and non-control investments in growing businesses valued at up to $400m, is considering strategy options for direct lending arm Riverside Credit Solutions, including a sale of the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.
