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John Bakie joined Private Debt Investor in November 2017 as news editor. He has spent over a decade covering a wide range of financial services including private equity, venture capital, retail investment, securities trading and asset custody.
The Amsterdam office will help firms build closer relationships and source deals in the low countries.
The fund of funds manager is raising the vehicle through a partnership with MV Credit.
Covenant-lite has reached a new high at the end of 2018, raising concerns about market risk.
Private equity has been crucial to the evolution of private debt as an asset class, but have the two industries become too friendly? John Bakie explores
Large private debt houses with established brand names have continued to experience fundraising success, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t difficulties ahead, writes John Bakie
Political and economic concerns will be on investors minds in 2019, but market conditions could begin to favour lenders.
Despite lower headline numbers, 2018 was a strong fundraising year, with investors increasingly moving towards the biggest funds.
With so much capital raised in 2017, deploying it wisely and avoiding bad terms has become a major focus for managers in the past year.
Private equity has been crucial to the evolution of private debt as an asset class, but have the two industries become too friendly? John Bakie explores
Launching the vehicle is the latest step in the US asset manager’s push into the European market.
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