Private Debt – Page 14
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Strathclyde adds £300m multi-asset credit for ‘enhanced yield’ shift
Pension fund begins move to new strategy by tendering for high-yield and syndicated loans manager
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Church of England Pensions Board issues £100m bond
Proceeds to be used to acquire properties for Church Housing Assistance for Retired Ministers scheme
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PPF awards £400m direct lending mandate in 'hybrid' asset boost
UK lifeboat fund opts for single manager to build direct lending portfolio
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Sampension poaches Nordea’s chief dealer to boost direct lending
Danish pension fund cites new credit portfolio manager’s strong structuring skills
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Concern over pension-fund shadow banks 'exaggerated', PIMCO says
Institutional investors have little in common with unregulated banks, asset manager says
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Under-regulated pension funds could 'distort' lending market, minister warns
Economist thinks over-regulation ‘just a phase’
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CPPIB acquires GE private placement arm in $12bn deal
Canadian fund agrees to purchase Antares Capital to create platform for investment in US middle-market lending
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Special Report
Euro-zone recovery: SME Lending – Affairs of credit
Everyone wants to secure funding for small businesses, which has led to initiatives across Europe designed to take up lending slack where banks have pulled back
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Strathclyde slashes equities in shift to ‘enhanced yield’ strategies
UK’s largest LGPS moves away from 70% equity allocation to absolute return, hedge funds and debt
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Swiss funds troubled by impact of negative 10-year bond yields
Swiss 10-year government bond yield positive if inflation forecast remains true
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Bonds, alternatives drive 12% return at DAX-listed company schemes
Liabilities on rise together with assets, consultancies warn
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High-yield sees record issuance as European markets ease terms
Second quarter sees peak issuance before falling steadily but keeping 2014 as record level
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Resurgent banking market sees Irish SWF shift to junior debt, equity funding
Post-crisis funding gap replaced by ‘wall of liquidity’ coming from bank debt back into Ireland
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Germany's BVK sets up vehicle to finance municipal debt
Eight-figure debt instrument granted to unnamed city in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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PIC sees opportunity in ‘particularly attractive’ Thames sewer construction
Insurer says governments ‘talked up’ infrastructure pipelines, but projects have failed to materialise
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Pension investors remain unconvinced about role in SME lending
Respondents to IPE survey fail to see institutional investors as major source of financing in 15 years time
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Strathclyde boosts New Opportunities portfolio with new mandates
UK’s largest local government fund to move into social infrastructure, renewable energy production
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European institution tenders $500m corporate loan mandate using IPE-Quest
Investor looking for senior loan exposure in core European markets, UK and US
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Asset Class Reports
Dangerous liquidity
Following another summer of high-yield bond market volatility, Emma Cusworth asks whether ETFs are to blame for credit markets getting riskier
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Asset Class Reports
High-yield Bonds & Loans: Covenants and calls
Joseph Mariathasan and Martin Steward ask whether investors’ traditional protections are getting squeezed out in the convergence of high yield bond and loan markets