The fund will provide unitranche funding to French and European SMEs, while encouraging the companies they finance to take account of environmental and social concerns.
Major financial institutions believe private debt will be the first asset to be tokenised and routinely traded digitally, according to research. The study by Global Digital Finance (GDF), the global members association and platform for open innovation in digital assets in financial services, involved finance firms across the US, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. […]
Despite the impressive rise of private alternatives, two-thirds of European and Asian professional fund buyers believe their clients remain underexposed to this asset class, according to a study. PGIM, the global asset management arm of Prudential Financial, surveyed 210 gatekeepers from the UK, Europe and Asia, revealing significant underinvestment in private market strategies. In Europe, […]
Despite often being criticised as “woke” and anti-capitalist in the US, ESG, one of Wall Street’s most controversial labels, is quietly finding a foothold in the booming private credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Eine Umfrage von VKU und PwC zeigt: Kommunale Versorger sehen in den nächsten zehn Jahren erheblichen Investitionsbedarf, vor allem in den Bereichen Wärme-, Strom- und Wasserversorgung.
When investors think of the business development company (i.e., “BDC”) sector (BIZD), they often think of industry blue chips like Ares Capital (ARCC) and Main Street Capital (MAIN). Even when they think about the more defensive end of the sector, they think of names like Blackstone Secured Lending (BXSL) and Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX). […]
In a new report, the consultancy highlights how private debt funds continue to support growing companies in emerging markets, with the total target size of funds currently open for investment standing at €44bn.
Das Crowdlending Unternehmen Lend und Helveteq, der Schweizer Emittent für Investmentprodukte, lancieren gemeinsam das erste Direct Lending Zertifikat für Schweizer Immobilienfinanzierungen. Damit wird es für private und institutionelle Investoren möglich, direkt in einen diversifizierten Pool von Schweizer Nachranghypotheken zu investieren.
In April 2024, JDS defaulted on a $240 million mezzanine loan issued by Silverstein Capital Partners in 2019 for the tower. The building’s junior mezzanine, senior mezzanine, and mortgage loans were all in maturity default, and Silverstein enforced its rights through a UCC foreclosure, as reported by The Real Deal.
The new fund is focused on emerging markets and made its first two investments into social enterprise One Acre Fund and into a blue bond issued by the International Bank of Ecuador.
„Digital Lending ist ein dynamisches Wachstumssegment“, betont Luca Frignani, CEO der Exaloan AG und Referent des 216. Hedgework-Events. Insbesondere stellt er sich der Frage, inwieweit die digitale Kreditvergabe den traditionellen Vermögensmix von Investoren diversifizieren und einen positiven Beitrag zur Anlageperformance leisten kann.
Direct lending and investor appetite have pushed middle-market collateralized loan obligations into the spotlight. And their winning streak is set to continue as they eclipse their broadly-syndicated counterparts.
For private credit givers, mouthwatering returns, beating the traditional lending channels, meant an easy business proposition. New investors lined up, putting big money on the table. In the no-man’s land between the big and legacy lenders, which are constantly on the Reserve Bank of India’s radar, and the Sebi-monitored capital market, the private credit market […]
Private debt funds are rapidly expanding into a segment of the market traditionally dominated by banks Bank lenders have traditionally been the primary providers of debt to finance infrastructure project development, but private debt providers have recently expanded their presence in the space, opening up an alternative financing source to the market.
Private equity giant Blackstone plans to double its European Private Credit Fund within the next year after raising €1bn from the region’s affluent investors, aiming to mirror the success of its $54bn US flagship fund, according to a report by the Financial Times.
