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Yet private lenders and advisors say longer-term demand is evident as sponsors look to consolidate businesses and deploy capital in the region.
After initial coronavirus-related fallout, the asset class looks to have rosier days ahead.
With investors queuing for opportunities and asset managers battling for talent, Asia-Pacific private debt is hot right now. Joe McGrath asks what this means for the next part of the region’s growth cycle.
The growing demand for private debt in Asia is prompting regulators to home in on credit funds.
The lightning-quick response to covid-19 by many of the region’s governments could bode well for Asia-Pacific’s burgeoning credit market.
Distressed and special situations have been the focus of Asia-Pacific private debt markets, but Brian Dillard of KKR highlights an opportunity to back a wider universe of companies.
As a private debt market, Asia-Pacific has a lot to offer with opportunities to capitalise on a funding gap in real assets, says Stéphane Delatte, CEO of Pierfront Capital.
The number of credit funds active in Asia-Pacific has taken off in the last five years, and the region’s pandemic experience looks like it will only accelerate that trend, according to David Fowler, country head of Singapore at Sanne.
With banks retrenching from lending to mid-market companies in various Asia-Pacific jurisdictions, there may now be an opportunity for investors to benefit. We asked Andrew Tan, head of Asia-Pacific private debt at Muzinich & Co., about the pace of change in this evolving market.
The fundraising is the largest in Indian private credit so far this year.
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