PEI Staff
Italy is not the easiest environment for NPL investors, but it accounts for around half of the European opportunity, writes David Turner.
As alternative forms of finance have eaten into banks’ market share in Europe, how are the traditional lenders responding?
Southern Europe’s private debt market remains small, but growing dealflow bodes well for the future.
Europe is seeing record funds committed to private debt, but much of the capital still hails from outside of the continent.
Kit Hamilton, managing director with Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions, offers insight into the rapid evolution of the strategy in Europe.
As alternative forms of finance have eaten into banks’ market share in Europe,
how are the traditional lenders responding?
As European private debt has matured, southern Europe is becoming more attractive.
But it still remains a focus for specialists.
Simon Champ, investment partner at Pollen Street Capital, and CEO of PSC Eaglewood Europe speaks to PDI about the opportunities in small-balance lending, and why barriers to entry favour the brave.
Three years after he took the lead of BlackRock’s European private debt platform, Stephan Caron gives his take on the region’s untapped prospects.
Current market conditions are showing echoes of the global financial crisis. But Graeme Delaney-Smith, head of European direct lending at Alcentra, explains why, despite the pressure, the future is bright for those most adaptive to change.