RoundShield, a private investment firm focused on European asset-backed private credit opportunities and capital solutions, has closed the RS Fund V with over $1bn in capital commitments – $150m above its fundraising target.
Intermediate Capital Group Plc (ICG), the €101bn London-headquartered private equity firm, has secured €15.2bn ($16.8bn) for its latest European direct-lending fund, making it the largest fund of its kind in the region, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private debt remains the most popular alternative asset class among investors, with half of LPs planning to increase allocations over the next 12 months. LPs’ views of private equity are improving, as they have in real estate and VC (although both are still below 50 in Preqin’s Investor Sentiment Index). But enthusiasm for infrastructure and […]
Private market allocation is increasingly seen as an integral part of a well-diversified portfolio, not just for institutional investors but also for high-net-worth and other individual investors. What does this mean for you? CFA Institute has organized a series of webinar on private equity and venture capital, private credit, real estate investments, and hedge funds. […]
Park Square Capital, a European private credit specialist, has successfully raised €3.4bn ($3.8bn) for its latest direct-lending fund, European Loan Partners II, which will lend to private equity-owned mid-market businesses across Europe, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US-based alternatives manager Clearlake Capital has acquired MV Credit from Natixis, extending a trend of private capital managers expanding strategy and geographic capabilities through acquisition. Clearlake Capital has raised 14 closed-end private credit funds since its inception in 2006, according to Preqin data, all targeting North America through a special situations strategy, as well as […]
Cubera Private Equity has held the final close of its latest Nordic secondaries fund – Cubera X – at its hard cap of €780m, ahead of its target size of €700m. Including GP commitments the total size of the oversubscribed fund is €807m.
Private equity firm Clearlake Capital, the co-owner of Chelsea Football Club, has finalised a deal to acquire a credit investment unit from Natixis, marking its entry into the booming $1.7tn private credit sector, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Fortführung der erfolgreichen Senior Direct Lending-Strategie Hoher Grad an Planungssicherheit durch stabile Erträge, gute Risikoabsicherung und frühe laufende Ausschüttungen Lancierung weiterer Private-Debt-Produktinitiativen im Bereich Specialty Lending für das Jahr 2024 geplant.
Martley Capital Group, a real estate investment platform founded by entrepreneur Richard Croft, has arranged for investors to provide £12.9m of mezzanine loans secured by two industrial and social housing assets in Leeds. The two separate loans have been advanced to companies directed by Leeds-based investor and developer Daniel Newett.
Fund managers that specialize in private debt wrapped up 2023 with one of the best performances in the private market, offering another proof point supporting the strategy’s robust fundraising momentum. Global private debt funds registered a rolling one-year IRR of 9.2% for 2023, making it the market’s second-strongest strategy after private equity, which had a […]
HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has expanded its global private credit platform with the addition two new strategies – the Global Transition Infrastructure Debt strategy, and the European Senior Direct Lending strategy.
Die Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung investiert stark in alternative Anlageformen. Dabei hat Finanzchef Hannes Banzhaf Wirkung und Diversifikation im Blick – und sieht inzwischen auch für kleinere Stiftungen ausreichend Investitionsmöglichkeiten. Das schlägt sich in der Portfoliostruktur nieder: Alternative Anlagen machen rund ein Drittel des Anlagekapitals aus, wobei der Impact-Aspekt sich hier besonders auf die Blöcke Erneuerbare Energien/Infrastruktur (13 […]
Die Privatbank gewährte René Benko Risikokredite von über 600 Millionen Franken – davon sind 500 Millionen verloren. Die Bank Julius Bär dürfte aus der Signa-Insolvenz einen ausserordentlichen Gewinn von 100 Millionen Franken einfahren – oder, in anderen Worten, ihren Kreditverlust von 600 auf 500 Millionen reduzieren können. Das zeigen Recherchen der «Handelszeitung». Grund dafür ist, […]
The deal not only represents a milestone in the credit secondary market but also marks the official launch of Abry’s Private Debt strategy, complementing its existing platform that manages over $5 billion of active capital across various investment strategies.
