Coronavirus

Our interactive report reveals fundraising has ground to a halt as covid-19 takes its toll on economic activity around the world.

The lending platform will join more than 40 lenders in supporting UK businesses through the crisis.

The leasing fund reached final close at a time of unprecedented turmoil in the airline industry.

Volatile times encourage opportunism and today’s most interesting strategies may demand investor flexibility.

The outbreak of the virus is the trigger for the pain likely to be suffered by many lenders and investors. But Gregory Racz of MGG Investment Group says the roots of this pain were to be found in poor deal structuring.

The coronavirus crisis has helped push fundraising even lower in 2020 after several years of decline.

Lenders are shifting towards stable assets amid coronavirus-led disruptions.

Despite the crisis, alternative lenders are keen to secure more business including in senior lending and acquisition finance.

Amid the current crisis, firms must not take their eye off the ball in areas such as fiduciary obligation, operational risk and regulation. Michael Johnson of Crestbridge explains why.

The coronavirus crisis is creating unprecedented financial distress across markets and provides the first key test of private credit’s ability to manage a downturn.