Private credit

Australia probes private credit lenders, warns on valuations

The real estate sector is a major borrower in the roughly A$200 billion industry in the country

The Singaporean fund frequently buys and sells secondhand stakes.

GIC nears deal to offload US$2 billion in private credit stakes

Institutional investors are utilising the secondary market more frequently to rebalance their portfolios

Sophisticated clients including Singapore family offices are selectively investing into the technology space via the public market and equity funds.

Software sell-off: Singapore’s private wealth gets more discerning on AI-era technology exposure

Family offices and allocators are pivoting away from generic softwares towards deep data moats and structural resilience

“The biggest trend that we are seeing, and specifically even more recently in Singapore and the broader APAC region, is it is no longer should I do alternatives, it is how I should do alternatives”, said Jeff McGoey, Chief Operating Officer at iCapital with an exclusive interview with The Business Times.

iCapital strengthens Apac presence as demand for alternatives surges among wealthy investors

Singapore’s wealthy are no longer asking whether to invest in alternatives – they want to know how: COO

Joseph Pinto said the company has more resources in Apac markets such as Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. He added: "We are going to also add a sales individual in Australia."

Buoyed by £7 billion in global inflows, M&G Investments pushes further into Asia-Pacific

The CEO of insurer M&G’s asset management arm sees greater European, Apac flows, eyes opportunities in private credit

Randy Sim, group CEO of IFS Capital, says: “These days, private credit and direct lending are pretty synonymous, but we look at it quite differently.”

US private credit risks not mirrored in South-east Asia: IFS Capital CEO

Randy Sim explains why the region’s credit landscape looks nothing like that of the US and why we should differentiate them

Infrastructure debt is a subset of private credit that finances infrastructure assets such as power grids, transport networks and utilities, rather than the software or services built around them.

Asia insurers increasing infrastructure debt exposure as capital rules shift: Schroders

The asset class offers access to sectors that institutional investors might not otherwise have

The European Central Bank noted that some private credit-reliant companies in the eurozone were showing deteriorating business prospects.

Eurozone may face pockets of stress from private credit, not systemic risk: ECB

Signs of underlying strain in such markets have been emerging in recent weeks, particularly in the US

Recent stresses in US private credit markets have sparked broader debate around liquidity, underwriting standards and investor expectations.
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US private credit markets under pressure: Why Asia and Europe may be less exposed to the risks

Private credit has come under greater scrutiny, but according to Kilde chief executive officer Radek Jezbera, investors should avoid viewing the asset class as a single global market

The FT report came only over a week after Europe’s biggest lender took a US$400 million hit linked to the collapse of British mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions.

HSBC committed to its private credit investments after report on US$4 billion pause

Regulators worldwide are more concerned about banks’ exposure to the US$3.5 trillion private credit industry