All Editorial articles – Page 5
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Special Report
Credit: Private Placements in Germany
Germany has one of the longest established private placement markets in Europe, but bank lending is still dominating the finance arena
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Special Report
Credit: Debt Markets & Private Equity
With non-bank lending on the rise in Europe but significant barriers to entry into the business, the mid-market private equity industry might be ready to take up some of the slack
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Special Report
Credit: Direct Lending Spreads
The search for yield has sucked significant institutional capital into European direct-lending markets
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Special Report
Credit: Shipping Debt
Despite a background that might suggest a ready supply of bargains, shipping debt and the banks that have written it have come through recent years in remarkably good shape
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Special Report
Credit: Dutch mortgage market thrives as investors pour in
Assets held in Dutch mortgage funds grew by a staggering 81% or €3bn during 2014
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Features
Nordic countries: Pension risk takers
The Nordic countries are today home to some of the most innovative pension funds, which one observer believes is in part due to an “engineering mentality”
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Features
Focus Group: Cooler on credit
Six in 10 respondents to this month’s Focus Group think that credit has become more important in their fund’s portfolio over the past five years
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Asset Class ReportsPre-listing Support for Private Companies: Joining the ‘elite’
London Stock Exchange’s Luca Peyrano talks about its Elite programme for late-stage private companies and finds that it is preparing to spread its influence across Europe
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Pensions push on climate change
US pension funds are using the meetings to push forward their agenda on climate change
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Special Report
Credit: A change in dynamics
Remember covenant-lite loans? By 2009, risk-averse investors exercised huge influence over issuers and were able to obtain high levels of protection in the high-yield market
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Features
CEE Pensions: Fight for survival
The policies of a number of Central and Eastern European governments towards funded first pillar pensions have left some funds wondering about their future
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Special Report
Technology: University Venture Capital
In its narrowest form, university venture capital has raised a couple of billion dollars a year, mostly in the US and UK
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Country Report
Sweden's buffer funds: Healthy despite uncertainty
Sweden’s national buffer funds, despite their uncertain future, are faring quite well
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Features
Mezzanine Finance: Mezzanine’s brief hour in the sun
Mezzanine lenders stepped into the breach during the darkest days of the credit crunch, and were paid handsomely for their trouble
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: Can investors be part of the solution to Brazil's crises?
Investors in Brazil have been largerly absent from the separate crises over water and corruption shaking the country
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Special Report
Bondholder engagement: No pain, no gain
Investor protection is loosening significantly in high-yield markets
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Bond market scrutiny
There has been a flurry of activity and comment from industry groups on the subject of bond market liquidity
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Special Report
Credit: Bond & Loan Convergence
Investors’ continued search for performance has changed the dynamics of the European high-yield market
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Special Report
Technology: Biotech
Biotech firms are reaching tipping points in science, business models and sales that should consolidate their position as the leading sub-sector in healthcare
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Astellon Capital Partners
Responding to a reporter’s question about what he most feared could blow his government off-course, the British prime minister Harold Macmillan is supposed to have said: “Events, dear boy, events.”
