French asset manager Amundi and alternative data specialist Preqin have partnered to produce a research on the alternative assets markets in Europe. As of 30 September 2017, Europe-based alternative assets under management reached €1.48trn, having grown by 8.8% year-on-year from €1.37trn. Among alternatives, some €601bn were in hedge funds (40.6% of all alternative assets in […]
Schroders has made a 20% equity investment in, and provided financing in connection with the recapitalisation of, A10 Capital. The investment is being made alongside an investment by Gemspring Capital, a middle market private equity firm based in Westport, Connecticut. Concurrent with the investment, Schroders and A10 have entered into an agreement through which Schroders […]
French private debt manager Zencap Asset Management has appointed Quentin de Longevialle as private debt analyst, with a focus on infrastructure assets financing. Formerly, he worked at KPMG Corporate Finance in Paris as an associate in structured finance. There he was involved in structuring and financial modelling on infrastructure projects in Europe and the Middle East […]
Ardian, the private investment house with $66bn in assets under management and advice, says it has raised €700m for its Real Estate European fund, its first product in the property asset class. The fund has added to the manager’s other activities in fund of funds, direct investment, infrastructure and private debt. Investors in the fund […]
Corporate credit asset manager Muzinich & Co has appointed John Clifford within its European private debt team based in London. It is understood Clifford joined the firm last November. He is responsible for origination and deal sourcing, including senior and junior debt, on the UK lower mid-cap market. Tallying ten years’ experience in direct lending […]
BNP Paribas Asset Management has unveiled a couple of private debt strategies, European Infra Debt and European Real Estate Debt, whose launches took place at the end of 2017. The former focuses on senior secured loans in Europe across a variety of sectors, that includes transport, social infrastructure, telecoms, renewable and conventional energy and utilities. […]
Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager by AUM, has announced a further development of the private debt business that has been integrated into its Real and Alternative Assets division. The private debt platform, which had some €5.5bn AUM as at the end of September 2017, is launching expertise into the market in the area of private […]
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 […]
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