Asset-backed finance

The latest trends around asset-backed strategies

Asset-backed strategies have been sparking growing excitement in recent years as investors realise the huge opportunities in an addressable market many times as large as direct lending. We look at how the asset class is winning over investors but also consider how to avoid getting carried away with all the hype.

The ABF pivot winning over US limited partners

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Managers will expand their capabilities within asset-backed finance in 2026, but focus on partnerships with originators.
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How to resist the hype surrounding asset-backed finance

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With so much focus on the ABF opportunity, investors must be wary of getting carried away.
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Is asset-based lending Europe’s next big trend?

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Europe is a less mature market than the US, but ABL opportunities are growing fast and offering a neat complement to corporate lending.
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How ABF grew out of a crisis

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Asset-based finance is the phrase on everyone’s lips, as we trace its origins and map its future growth.
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Gordon Brothers: How flexibility is driving demand

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Asset-based lending has certain compelling features when measured against cashflow lending, say Gordon Brothers’ global head of credit Mark Bohntinsky; managing director, capital, Samantha Findley; and chief transaction officer Kyle Shonak.

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Schroders Capital hires Asia fundraising head from Oaktree

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Sabrina Meng will start in a new role at the British GP next month, Private Debt Investor has learned.
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Oaktree-backed GA Group launches direct lending platform

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Great American Holdings has acquired a risk solutions business and begun managing third-party assets focused on asset-based lending.  
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KKR expects to ‘meaningfully exceed’ $300bn target set for fundraising cycle

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KKR raised a muscular $129bn across all strategies in 2025, marking 'the highest fundraising year in our 50-year history,' Craig Larson, head of investor relations, said in an earnings call.

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