All private debt articles
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NewsAPG, PFA, Danica back $1.6bn lithium-ion battery debt financing
Pension fund majors invest in loan for Swedish firm to boost battery production for electric vehicles and other uses
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Private debt managers mitigate risks with focus on operations
With financial markets undergoing a severe correction amid the COVID-19 crisis, Broadridge considers the impact on private debt managers.
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Danish FSA calls on pension funds to explain alts valuations
Watchdog launches investigation into sector’s ongoing valuation of alternatives, as losses in other asset classes pile up
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Alecta sees likely insolvencies speeding shift to alternatives
Sweden’s biggest pension fund to invest at least €7bn more in RE, infra and private debt
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Distressed debt among targets of new IPE Quest searches
Corporate private placements and a CHF1.5bn core bond mandate also involved
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Private debt activity slowed sharply in 2019, but 2020 starts crowded
Plus: BNPP Asset Management adds German partner to SME alternative financing platform
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CDC, Lærernes among backers of Amundi-EIB green credit programme
Programme aims to help plug climate finance gaps by developing green debt markets beyond investment grade green bonds
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Private equity investors to make climate change shifts
Investors plan to modify their private equity portfolios to combat climate change
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NEST names managers for first move into private markets
Amundi and BlackRock will manage roughly 5% of the DC master trust’s default funds with inflows expected to start in October
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Italian, UK institutional investors back private debt funds
Italian banking sector pension fund and others join European Investment Fund in backing Anthilia BIT III; Merseyside LGPS fund invests £30m with Funding Circle
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Chart of the Week: European private debt assets hit record $200bn
Number of private debt funds targeting Europe shrinks compared to 2017
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Private credit market to hit $1trn by 2020, survey says
German investors dominate European allocators to unlisted debt instruments
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Italian railways scheme launches search for private debt managers
Eurofer to invest €25m as Italian schemes’ appetite for alternatives grows
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NEST targets private credit innovation for growing DC portfolio
Auto-enrolment provider wants managers to open up unlisted real estate debt, infrastructure debt, and corporate loans to DC market
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Investors urged to diversify in private debt as assets hit record level
Focusing on mid-market corporate direct lending ‘too constraining’, according to Willis Towers Watson
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Cyprus Hotel fund to add risk premia, private market assets
Pension fund spreads risk further after making debut in emerging markets, European property in 2017
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M&G claims impact investing first with multi-sector private debt fund
Fund launch comes amid growing interest in impact investing
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Five London pension funds on hunt for private debt managers
Local government pension schemes to allocate £250m to unlisted fixed income
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Private debt assets hit record high as dry powder piles up
Nearly €250bn is still waiting to be invested, according to data provider Preqin
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Direct lending managers 'move to boost fees by lowering hurdle rates'
Hurdle rate may be key to the “fee leakage puzzle”, says bfinance
