Claire Coe Smith

As the European private debt market gets more competitive, local fund managers find their search for bigger returns is taking them across the Atlantic.

When MezzVest became MV Credit in November last year, it joined the latest evolution in the European private debt markets, according to its managing partners. Now the firm is carving out a new strategy.

Unitranche loans are continuing to evolve with the wider private debt market as they make their presence felt on both sides of the Atlantic.

Unitranche loans are continuing to evolve with the wider private debt market as they make their presence felt on both sides of the Atlantic.

With exceptionally benign conditions, analysts foresee little distress in the high-yield bond market beyond the troubled oil and gas sector. Claire Coe Smith reports.

A forensic investment approach and a market ripe with opportunities have left Serone Capital in an ideal position to exploit the growth in European securitisation. Claire Coe Smith sat down with the firm’s CEO, Neil Servis, and other senior team members.

As the private debt asset class matures, the growing trend for large investors to create dedicated pockets for direct lending out of their credit portfolios is driving down the fees managers can charge in the space. Claire Coe Smith reports.