Andy Thomson
Yacine Mancer, credited with raising a substantial amount of capital from the Middle East, has departed the firm where he spent more than seven years.
Private debt managers are being forced to consider the consequences of what once seemed unthinkable – the UK crashing out of the EU with no trade agreement.
Private debt return prospects look good, but LPs have concerns relating to risk and manager experience.
The country is embracing non-banks, with fund managers taking a 48% market share in the first half of this year according to a new survey.
European private debt firms are trying to measure portfolio performance based on a private equity template. No longer will that suffice.
He tells PDI how a firm viewed as a pioneer of private debt in Central and Eastern Europe came into the asset class almost by accident.
Fund managers are not taking advantage of modern intelligence tools that would allow them to do more thorough underwriting, claims Matthias Kirchgaessner, an external adviser at Plexus Investments, at our Germany Forum.
Alternatives-loving sovereigns are taking a growing interest in private debt – as are central banks.
Diversification, friendlier regulations and high barriers to entry are among the reasons these securitised products are becoming a bigger part of the private debt universe. View this short presentation to find out more.
New funds are emerging to muscle out the banks and target the Mittelstand. Our recent Germany Forum heard from three LPs about the growing popularity of the asset class in this two-minute video.