Credit-focused asset manager Muzinich & Co has opened an officer in Dublin which will be led by Howard Mahon (pictured), appointed as director, pan-Europe private debt. In his position, he will be responsible for strengthening the firm’s private debt capabilities and build a team dedicated to the Irish private debt market. The Ireland Strategic Investment […]
Paris-headquartered BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has announced the creation of a private debt and real assets investment group, that will be led by David Bouchoucha (pictured). The newly created group will invest in syndicated loans, direct loans and private bonds that finance corporates or real assets, and is split in three teams. The […]
Aviva Investors France, the French asset management branch of insurance group Aviva, has announced changes in the structure of its private debt division. The real estate, infrastructure and private corporate debt activities have been gathered and will be overseen by Antoine Maspétiol, who has been appointed head of Private Debt in the firm’s Paris office. Maspétiol will […]
Muzinich & Co has announced the first closing of its pan-European private debt fund. The closed-ended fund has €180m of commitments from a range of pension funds, insurance companies and family offices across Europe. The fund will lend to SMEs in Western Europe with an Ebitda of between €3m and €20m. The loan maturity is […]
Liechtenstein-based LGT Capital Partners is set to acquire European Capital Fund Management (European Capital), a private debt manager from companies controlled by Ares Management. The transaction, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017. European Capital has offices in Paris and London. All private debt funds it manages will […]
French public pension fund FRR has awarded ESG mandates to three managers – Amundi, Candriam, Robeco – as well as private debt mandates to four asset management firms – BNP Paribas, Schelcher Prince Gestion, Idinvest Partners and Lyxor. Involved in the socially and responsible investing field since 2005, the FRR has renewed index management contracts to incorporate all […]
Geneva-headquartered Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has joined forces with Partners Group, a Zug-based private debt investment manager for the launch of the UBP PG – Active Income fund. The strategy aims to provide qualified investors with global exposure to private debt and credit markets. It is co-managed by Partners Group’s private debt investment team and UBP’s […]
Amundi’s recently created real and alternative assets platform has launched its first private equity vehicle aiming to finance European non-listed small and medium-sized enterprises benefiting from one of the following trends : technology, demographics, globalisation, the environment and societal changes. The compnay has set a target of raising €250m from French and European investors. Speaking to […]
Amundi and AXA IM have reshuffled their approaches to alternative assets by gathering expertise on a single dedicated platform. At the end of September 2016, Amundi announced the merger of its real and alternative assets teams within a single platform led by its global head of Real and Alternative Assets Pedro Antonio Arias. The platform, […]
Erik Knutzen (pictured) is chief investment officer, multi-assets at Neuberger Berman. The asset allocation committee went slightly underweight US equities this quarter, as valuations look increasingly stretched and bond yields edge upwards. Another weak earnings season could trigger volatility, and bond yields may be too low to provide much in the way of diversification or a […]
Investment consultant bfinance has provided some insights on asset classes that could emerge as winners following Brexit. The firm says the list of asset classes benefitting through the Brexit is long with gold and govies being seen as safe havens. Also, it stresses that the US equity market also benefitted “to a certain extent” from a flight […]
US listed private debt asset manager CIFC is to be acquired by alternative investment platform F.A.B. Partners, launched by former employees of Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, for around $333m (€295m) in cash. A merger agreement has been found between CIFC and a branch of F.A.B. CIFC has been established in 2005 in New York and has $14bn […]
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