Andy Thomson
Heinrich Riehl will oversee fundraising and investor relations activities for his new firm’s credit management and alternative investment solutions businesses.
A survey from Aviva Investors finds 42% of insurers planning an increase in their private corporate debt allocations over the next year.
Borrowers are increasingly able to dictate their terms of engagement – and this includes who loans are assigned to.
SMEs and mid-market companies appear to be benefiting from President Macron’s reforms, says ICG’s Nick Brooks.
Market risks, on the other hand, are rising according to Nick Brooks, head of economic and investment research at ICG, in this two-minute video.
Rather than piling into distressed strategies based on a hunch about the cycle turning, LPs may be better off diversifying by type of manager.
RM Funds is launching an open-ended lower risk/return alternatives fund to cater to investor caution in the face of an increasingly challenging macro environment.
European private debt is fast-growing but confined to a few key markets. A deal announced this week is the kind of initiative that should boost the late developers.
The initiative will see Polish private debt manager CVI purchase bonds from around 60 SMEs and small mid-cap firms.
As the private debt asset class continues to grow fast, it is struggling to ensure that administrative aspects keep pace.