A record number of Japanese investors are putting their money into domestic private credit deals, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites data from Prequin on these dealings.
Aperture Investors, an alternative asset manager and part of the Generali Investments ecosystem, has appointed Rob MacNaughton as the newest member of its growing credit team. MacNaughton is an Associate Portfolio Manager who will head up Aperture’s New York-based credit team and support the firm’s global fixed-income strategies.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s is reshuffling senior executives in its private credit unit in order to double the size of the business in the medium term, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company’s private credit unit is worth $110bn.
Investor appetite for alternative assets remains strong despite broader macro disruption, according to Coller Capital’s latest semi-annual Global Private Equity Barometer.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has expanded its private credit business in Asia with the hire of Yew Chuan Sima former Nomura executive. He will join SMBC’s loan capital markets department as head of private credit distribution, Asia Pacific, according to a statement.
Blackstone is leading a loan package to back Permira’s buyout of Gossler, Gobert & Wolters, a German insurance firm, according to a report by Bloomberg. The package is valued at €950m ($1bn).
The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund, the oldest public retirement scheme in Illinois, is planning to makes its first foray into the booming private credit market with an initial allocation of up to $350m, according to a report by Bloomberg.
AllianceBernstein has launched AB NAV Lending, a new strategy which will focus on providing flexible financing solutions based on the net asset value of private equity funds, with an initial anchor investment from Equitable Holdings.
The global slowdown in M&A means that the private credit sector is currently providing investors with better returns than they would get from private equity, according to a report by Bloomberg citing new data published by State Street.
Private equity firm RRJ Capital, which was founded by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Richard Ong, is seeking to raise up to $2bn for a new fund that will focus on private credit investments in Asia, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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