Anna Devine
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The private debt provider has hired a former director from BlackRock.
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Non-performing loan transaction sales from Central and Eastern Europe are expected to reach up to €5 billion in 2015.
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One of the portfolios with a par value of €2.4 billion is part-secured by commercial real estate assets in the CEE region.
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The Asia-based fixed-income specialist is boosting its European activities.
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A commitment from the US retirement fund manager MERS helps BlueBay progress with fundraising for its second direct lending fund.
The £45 million deal is the second airport financing debt platform MIDIS has invested in this year.
The mezzanine manager has raised €210 million for its second fund.
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London-headquartered AnaCap Financial Partners is in the market with its third credit opportunities fund.
Did unitranche kill mezzanine or is it still out there, just sliced and diced into a new form? Anna Devine presents a brief history of unitranche.
Direct lenders are proliferating. Those willing to be pluckier and take a different tack from the herd, could be the best long-term bet. Anna Devine investigates.