Andy Thomson
Darryl Murphy, head of infrastructure debt at Aviva Investors, highlights six key themes characterising the global infrastructure debt market.
The appetite for both strategies seen in 2017 continued into Q1 2018, according to our latest data. Most ongoing capital-raising is for junior debt, however.
The central banks’ big experiment is set to unwind but, in this two-minute video, Andrew Jackson of Hermes says he’s optimistic about investor behaviour.
India has a growing population of young entrepreneurs for whom banks are no longer the only providers of finance. Vik Mehrotra of Venus Capital discusses the rise of alternative lenders.
FS Investments and KKR have closed the deal to create a new $18bn platform, wrapping together six BDCs.
Most parts of the UK private debt market have not yet been badly hit by Brexit, but caution about its prospects may encourage the creation of more rounded portfolios. By Andy Thomson
Funds may be doing direct lending deals they are not comfortable with to try to achieve high returns. Andrew Jackson of Hermes urges caution in this two-minute video.
The limited partner demand that made 2017 a record-breaking year for private debt capital raising appears to have carried on into 2018.
In many parts of the UK private debt market Brexit negotiations are causing little alarm, but there is scant focus on where the biggest problem lies.
Volatility is rocking the globe, which means private debt’s safe and steady message should win fans among LPs.