Elham Credit Partners, the private credit arm of Hillhouse Investment, is poised to secure anchor commitments of $700m to $750m for the first close of its inaugural private credit fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
LONDON, May 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Advocates for private credit like to tout a key advantage over banks: locked-up money. Depositors at old-school lenders can flee in a panic, as Silicon Valley Bank found in 2023, exposing a mismatch between flighty funding and hard-to-sell investments like business loans. By contrast, the backers of direct lending […]
Private credit managers are reassessing portfolio allocations in response to escalating trade tensions, with a growing emphasis on geographic diversification away from the US, according to a report by Bloomberg citing market participants at SuperReturn Private Credit Asia in Hong Kong.
Man Group, the world’s largest publicly listed hedge fund manager, is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire New York-based credit investment firm Bardin Hill Investment Partners, as part of its strategic push into private credit, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Management maintained a cautious but optimistic outlook for the remainder of 2025. They anticipate that M&A activity may pick up later in the year as clarity on tariffs and economic conditions improves. Occi mentioned that high-quality borrowers have been increasingly turning to private credit markets due to episodic public market access.
Das BMF hat kurzfristig Änderungen an der Anlageverordnung (AnlV) in Kraft gesetzt. Vier Verbände nehmen zu den Auswirkungen Stellung.
ProzentZuwachs gegenüber dem Stichtag des Rumpfgeschäftsjahres 2024) Private Debt entwickelt sich positiv: zweite Transaktion seit mehrheitlicher Übernahme von ELF Capital vollzogen.
Institutionelle Investoren sind schon seit einigen Jahren verstärkt auf den Private Markets aktiv: In ihren Portfolios liegt der Anteil inzwischen bei rund 12 Prozent (Aviva Private Markets Study, 2024). Der Bereich Privatkunden und professionelle Anleger liegt laut einer Bain-Studie mit nur 5 Prozent weit zurück. Diese Investoren hatten laut Sharp bislang Bedenken, was die Zugänglichkeit […]
As real estate valuations in Hong Kong continue to slide and banks retreat from the sector, private credit managers are filling the gap – eyeing opportunities to deploy capital across one of the world’s most expensive property markets, according to a report by Reuters.
Clearlake Capital is seeking to triple the size of its credit business to as much as $100bn in assets under management, as the US-based private investment firm looks to scale its presence in the expanding credit markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
In an industry where scale often dominates, London-based Chepstow Lane Capital has taken a different approach. The European credit fund, which posted a 13.24% return last year, against the hedge fund average of 10.7% (according to Pivotal Path), has built its strategy around an often overlooked reality: Europe is not a monolith.
Hedge funds are ramping up short bets against private credit firms, including Apollo Global Management, Ares Management, and Blue Owl Capital, betting that economic headwinds, and trade frictions will take a toll on the booming direct lending market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Apollo Global Management has raised approximately $5.4bn for its debut secondaries fund, S3 Equity and Hybrid Solutions, as institutional demand for liquidity accelerates in a subdued dealmaking environment, according to a report by Bloomberg.
KKR secured a €1.1bn unitranche financing package from a consortium of private credit lenders to support its acquisition of Karo Healthcare, replacing a previously arranged syndicated loan deal in favour of a more flexible private debt solution.
Both leveraged loan and direct lending issuance rose to record highs in 2024, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. According to new data from the ratings agency, leveraged loan issuance increased by 300 per cent year-on-year to $1.18tn (£0.9tn) last year, while direct lending issuance grew by 79 per cent year-on-year to reach […]
