Alex Murray from the data firm Preqin highlighted Luxembourg’s strong position as a private capital fund domicile at an industry conference in the grand duchy in late September, with private debt becoming more important in recent years. In Europe overall, private equity fundraising has picked up once again.
Private credit has grown rapidly in the leveraged lending landscape over the last two years – and, in our view, it is here to stay. For mid-sized companies, that’s a positive development. Private credit is now a permanent “third leg of the lending stool,” existing alongside institutional term loans and high yield bonds as another […]
BlackRock is preparing to launch a private credit loan fund which is aiming to raise up to $1.3bn to distribute to existing investors, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the plan.
Blackstone Real Estate is to acquire Retail Opportunity Investments Corp (ROIC), which specialises in grocery-anchored retail properties, in an all-cash take-private deal valued at approximately $4bn, including debt.
The latest Preqin Quarterly Updates show challenging fundraising and deal-making conditions for fund managers across most asset classes and regions. But interest rate cuts around the world could provide a tailwind in the final quarter of 2024.
Barings, one of the world’s leading investment managers, has announced the launch of two APAC private credit funds – Barings Australian Private Credit Fund and Barings Developed Asia Pacific Private Loan Fund 1A – with an aggregate amount of over A$690 million.
Capital Group and KKR have partnered on two new funds open to retail investors that will invest across public and private debt markets. The two funds – Capital Group KKR Core Plus+ and Capital Group KKR Multi-Sector+, are expected to launch in the US in the first half of 2025, pending regulatory approval. The funds […]
Blackstone has held the final close of the the first series of its evergreen institutional US direct lending fund, Blackstone Senior Direct Lending Fund (BXD), with approximately $22bn of investable capital, including expected leverage.
Join us on Thursday, November 21st to explore the latest insights into private credit markets. Private credit has been on the rise in an environment of higher-for-longer interest rates. And as increasingly sophisticated institutional investors seek greater diversification, they are looking to private credit for attractive returns. But how are analysts viewing current market conditions, […]
Danach planen 57% der Befragten, den Anteil von Infrastructure Equity im nächsten Jahr um 57% zu erhöhen. 54% der Teilnehmer wollen verstärkt in Corporate Private Debt gehen und 50% wollen die Allokation in Infrastructure Deb erhöhen.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the changes to fiscal rules to free up up to £50 billion for infrastructure spending.
Ongoing revisions to Basel III framework may encourage more asset-backed and traditional lending from private debt funds taking bank market share, but the opportunity may not be as easy as expansion of direct lending strategies post-GFC.
The Proskauer Private Credit Default Index tracks 872 senior secured and unitranche loans representing $152.1 billion in principal at issuance.
Outperformance over public markets is likely to continue, but the private capital landscape is likely to shift as more LPs do direct deals and funds explore different strategies and ways to exit .
Private equity, private debt, and real estate mean management fees close to low end of their 20-year ranges.
