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Macfarlanes partners Alex Amos and Ceinwen Rees look at recent trends in European private debt fund structuring.
From film scripts to life insurance policies to railway carriages, the world of speciality finance is one of the most diverse that investors can face. But it needs specialist knowledge to navigate it, according to Cambridge Associates managing director Tod Trabocco
The last 10 years have seen enormous growth in private credit. Success over the next decade will depend on avoiding the crowds and having a strong operational resource, argues Hayfin’s Andrew McCullagh.
Private debt's rising profile will make it an increasingly attractive target for cyber criminals. Cybersecurity expert George Ralph looks at ways firms can make themselves safer.
As private credit continues to see substantial growth in AUM and capital continues to concentrate around the largest GPs, Jess Larsen says others must adjust for a tougher environment.
Whether it is high leverage levels or covenant-lite loans, there are plenty of issues weighing on fund managers’ minds, say Kevin Griffin, CEO and CIO, and Greg Racz, president, of MGG Investment Group
Direct lending in the mid-market has changed over the past five years. As Twin Brook Capital Partners approaches a milestone anniversary, founder and managing partner Trevor Clark discusses the state of the industry and how it has evolved since 2014
Software and technology is one of the most promising growth sectors in the US direct lending market, with a shift to cloud computing helping support an attractive opportunity set, says Brent Humphries, president of AB Private Credit Investors
Asking a few simple questions can reveal the essentials of a manager’s leverage strategy and its ability to protect investors’ interests, writes NXT Capital’s Neil Rudd
The growing size and complexity of the private debt market requires ever more responsive administrative systems to meet investors’ and regulators’ demands, say Maximilien Dambax and Tom Gandolfo of Alter Domus