Private Equity

Private debt

GSO's Goodman launches GP stakes business

GSO Capital Partners co-founder Bennett Goodman is a leading figure in the formation of Hunter Point Capital, which will invest in and provide advice to alternative asset managers.

2 min read · 03 November 2020

Dislocation funds that have emerged from chaos

After a quiet start to the year in private debt fundraising, dislocation strategies have burst on to the scene with their promise of high returns amid the covid-19 turmoil. But without the resources to do proper due diligence, have investors had their heads turned?

9 min read · 15 October 2020

Ares on reshaped opportunities for alternative credit

The economic and financial stress of living alongside a pandemic has created risk and opportunity for lenders. Joel Holsinger and Keith Ashton of Ares’ alternative credit team consider what it means for alternative credit providers

8 min read · 30 September 2020

Subscription credit’s shifting landscape

Everyone in the subscription credit facility market is ‘busy’, but it is far from business as usual. Industry players wonder what the future of the sector looks like, and reveal critical changes that may suggest a new, if still evolving, normal for the market.

9 min read · 30 September 2020

Ocorian on busy times for special situations and direct lenders

While debt is cheap, debt issuance looks set only to continue to rise through 2021, says Ocorian’s Alan Booth.

5 min read · 30 September 2020

CalPERS' plan to leverage its portfolio: Three things to know

The pension giant plans to leverage up to $80bn of its total portfolio to tap opportunities during the market downturn. Here’s how it could do it.

4 min read · 15 July 2020

Bridgepoint buys EQT debt business

The Scandinavian investment giant had conducted a strategic review of its credit business last year.

2 min read · 18 June 2020

PEI 300 2020: If private credit goes down, it won’t be for long

The rise of private credit has changed the shape of private equity investing and necessity suggests it is here to stay.

3 min read · 31 May 2020

EBITDAC: How companies may seek to increase debt by ‘adding back’ pandemic losses

As an example of the practice surfaces, an industry body is warning other companies not to use the covid-19 outbreak as an excuse to try and raise additional finance through flexible documentation.

2 min read · 19 May 2020

Debt funds can once again fill the gap

As in the last major crisis, non-bank lenders will be expected to displace the banks as a source of finance.

2 min read · 09 April 2020

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