Andy Thomson

Low volatility, attractive yields and floating rates: all reasons why, according to Alcentra’s Paul Hatfield, loans are more than a match for bonds in the long term.

With lots of end of-cycle talk, the Cambridge Associates senior executive cautions against predicting the next recession.

As greater LP attention focuses on esoteric strategies, Aquilam Capital has been launched.

A round-up of some of the key recent deals in private debt.

A round-up of some of the key recent moves in private debt.

Deloitte’s latest Deal Tracker shows a 5% increase in deals completed by its universe of mid-market lenders compared with the year prior.

Signal Capital Partners, launched by ex Deutsche Bank notables in 2015, will invest in credit and real estate special situations.

With $119.5bn already raised by the end of the third quarter, this year seems almost certain to move past the previous peak of $130.1bn in 2013.

The firm, which launched late last year in London, has brought in two associates with one of them focusing on opportunities from the firm’s new France office.

“Remarkable. It was like a bad dream that never happened,” reflected Paul Watters, senior director and head of corporate research at S&P Global Ratings, at a leveraged finance seminar delivered by S&P and Linklaters in London this week. Watters was referring to the troubled sleep that may well have afflicted European leveraged finance professionals at […]