Debt

The Sydney-based fund manager said that it believed its Infrastructure Debt Fund IV was the largest-ever fundraise for a mezzanine debt strategy.

The mandate will establish an evergreen fund to invest in a wide variety of debt instruments including real assets, SMEs and US and UK mid-market loans.

Stephen Schwarzman took a position early on in the firm’s development that modest goals and bold ones required similar effort to achieve. So why not aim high?

The investment firm has been moving towards this moment since acquiring GE Capital’s energy finance business and hiring an infrastructure debt specialist from Deutsche Bank.

Infrastructure debt has become an intensely competitive area of the alternative credit market with banks and insurance companies crowding into the space.

Amundi was also selected to share the UK multi-employer pension fund's debut £500m private credit mandate, as Nest takes its first steps into private markets.

We review the asset class’s first 10 years, as ESG and customer service both took centre stage, in the first article from our special 10th anniversary issue.

We review the asset class’s first 10 years as ESG and customer service take centre stage.

News that CalPERS is considering leveraging its portfolio has put the spotlight on the risks and merits of institutional investors taking on systematic borrowing.