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Aided by support schemes, many businesses have been protected from the worst effects of the pandemic. But what happens when this boost comes to an end?
The last year has seen an increasing number of partnerships formed between GPs and insurance firms. There are compelling reasons behind the trend.
Private credit has fared well during this crisis, but the real test may come at the back end, say Barings’ head of private assets Eric Lloyd and CFO of Barings BDC Jon Bock.
Amundi is set to launch a second fund focused on inventory finance for Italian food producers. We find out more about the strategy and the firm’s use of the ELTIF fund structure.
A sense of hope is permeating the private debt market but now is not the time to let our guard down, say Monroe Capital’s Tom Aronson, Michael Egan and Zia Uddin.
Private Debt Investor’s LP Perspectives 2021 Study takes the temperature of the investor community.
The pandemic has accelerated many themes already evident in private credit, with growing allocations to the asset class and more capital gravitating to the largest managers, say Jeffrey Griffiths and Richard von Gusovius, co-heads of global private credit at Campbell Lutyens.
Well-established lenders can prosper as private debt’s performance impresses investors, say Antares Capital’s David Brackett and Vivek Mathew.
Versatility and forward-thinking were the order of the day for debt funds last year, say David Allen, managing partner and chief investment officer, and Bill Ammons, founding partner and portfolio manager, at AlbaCore Capital Group.
The asset class came through 2020 in good health, but investors will ask questions as they look to differentiate, says Tavneet Bakshi, partner and head of EMEA at FIRSTavenue.