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New white paper outlines best practices in private credit responsible investment strategies

Benefit Street Partners (BSP), a credit-focused alternative asset management firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, and Malk Partners (Malk), an adviser to private markets on ESG and impact investing, have published a co-authored white paper detailing environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) integration and considerations in the

New DiligenceVault white paper explores ‘How RFPs and DDQs Get Done’

DiligenceVault, a digital diligence platform that delivers data collection and information exchange solutions for asset owners, allocators and fund managers, has released its latest white paper entitled “2021 Manager Survey: How RFPs and DDQs Get Done.”  The paper presents the results of its recent survey of over 170 private equity,

UK debt market hits record high in first half of 2021

A record number of refinancings and recapitalisations were completed in the first half of 2021 in the UK, according to research from global investment bank GCA Altium. Data provided by the firm’s MidCapMonitor identified that over the course of H1 2021, 114 transactions were completed in the UK, resulting in

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European alternatives on track for record fundraising year, says Preqin

Europe-based alternative asset fund managers now hold EUR2.06 trillion in assets under management (AUM) as of December 2020, up from EUR1.81 trillion a year ago – an increase of over 13 per cent – and are on track to make 2021 a record year for fundraising, according to Preqin’s 2021

Dealmakers say PE best placed to flourish in the next 12 months

Some 71 per cent of dealmakers agree that private equity (PE) firms are better placed than corporates to take advantage of buying opportunities presented by Covid-19, according to the ninth edition of the European M&A Outlook, published by CMS in association with Mergermarket. The report offers a comprehensive assessment of

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GPs expect cross-border deal flow to normalise by the end of 2022

Over three-quarters (77 per cent) of private equity fund managers expect the volume of cross-border deal flow to make a full return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022, aided by an end to travel restrictions and improved digitalisation, according to new research.

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