All Editorial articles – Page 6
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Credit: Financial Sector High Yield
Since the financial crisis the high-yield universe has been flooded with bank debt, thanks to downgrades and increasing subordinated issuance
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Credit: Private Placements & SMEs
Europe’s private placement markets have so far been the preserve of larger, investment-grade borrowers. But there are signs that credit-hungry smaller companies may finally be getting a look in
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Credit: Standardising European Private Placements
One way to bring investors to the projects that are willing to pay sufficient yields might be a pan-European private placement market
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Credit: Private Placements in Germany
Germany has one of the longest established private placement markets in Europe, but bank lending is still dominating the finance arena
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Credit: Debt Markets & Private Equity
With non-bank lending on the rise in Europe but significant barriers to entry into the business, the mid-market private equity industry might be ready to take up some of the slack
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Credit: Direct Lending Spreads
The search for yield has sucked significant institutional capital into European direct-lending markets
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Credit: Shipping Debt
Despite a background that might suggest a ready supply of bargains, shipping debt and the banks that have written it have come through recent years in remarkably good shape
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Credit: Dutch mortgage market thrives as investors pour in
Assets held in Dutch mortgage funds grew by a staggering 81% or €3bn during 2014
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Denmark: Weathering the storm
Despite the blustery short-term economic environment, Danish pension funds have set their sights firmly on the horizon
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Diary of an Investor: Technological hurdles
Geert, our head of investment research, comes in to the office one April morning with a new gadget. ‘This is the future,’ he announces, showing off a new smart watch
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ESG: ELTIF - Waiting in the wings
Will European Long-Term Investment Fund live up to the hopes of the socially responsible investment community?
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Private equity: Filling the gap
Substantial fees and the plethora of private equity funds available mean that all but the largest institutional investors need external advice and support
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Technology: European Venture Hubs
As London gets pushed into fourth place by Beijing as a venture capital centre, we ask what is required to create Silicon Valley-type hubs in Europe
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European Loan Markets: Lending expertise
The European loan market is back in business. 2014 was the first year of net growth – about €30bn worth – since the financial crisis
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Hard to explain
The European Central Bank’s QE programme is taking its toll on pension funds as healthy returns are unable to keep pace with liabilities
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Special ReportThe Technology Sector: Potential in the exponential
The cost of computer processing power has decreased exponentially over recent decades, a trend we are all familiar with when we compare the clunky IBM PCs of the 1980s or 90s with today’s smartphones
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Financial Services Technology: Tech transformer
Technology is transforming financial services across the board
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Finland's pension mutuals: New governance rules
The recent scandal at Keva ushered in new governance rules for Finnish pensions mutuals, but many funds are already one step ahead of the game
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Finnish funds take international outlook
Finnish pension funds are internationalising their portfolios in an effort to help offset domestic woes
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FeaturesFlying the long-term flag
Rather like attitudes to motherhood and apple pie, there is no serious or fundamental opposition from institutional investors to the principle of long-term strategies like infrastructure or real economy lending
