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John Bakie joined Private Debt Investor in November 2017 as news editor. He has spent over a decade covering a wide range of financial services including private equity, venture capital, retail investment, securities trading and asset custody.
The firm’s first dedicated infrastructure debt fund beat its target for investing in renewable energy, transportation and digital infrastructure.
Strong activity in the UK and France helped push deal numbers higher in Q2 2022, but banks were able to regain market share in some countries.
Key commodity prices have come down from their peaks following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, but we may not be over the worst of it yet.
While CLO security prices dropped during the second quarter, Eagle Point Credit Company was able to exceed its earnings forecast.
Asia at night from space
A growing number of credit managers are looking to the Asia-Pacific for growth as Western economies falter.
All the investors in the firm’s first special opportunities fund recommitted to the new vehicle.
The energy crisis facing Europe has shown that despite best intentions among investors to go green, fossil fuels are still essential for stable energy supplies.
Piles of one hundred US dollar bills
The follow-up to its 2020 fund is the firm’s largest yet and features a dedicated co-investment vehicle.
A lack of fund closes in Europe in H1 2022 contributed to some of the lowest fundraising volumes in years.
Sterling
The vehicle was specially created to meet the needs of UK pension funds to diversify their private credit portfolios.
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