Private debt

Barings debuts APAC real estate debt market with A$320m loans

2022-11-24T09:00:00+00:00By Florence Chong

Barings completes loans in separate deals with Scape Australia, Arklife and Winton Land

Macquarie makes €125m debt investment in Irish broadband firm SIRO

2021-11-16T10:24:00+00:00By IPE staff

Macquarie’s loan is largest institutional component of SIRO’s €620m debt financing package

UK lockdown impedes property lending activity – survey

2021-04-22T13:00:00+01:00By IPE staff

Defaulted loans increased from 3.2% at the end of 2019 to 4.6% in December 2020

Private debt has been increasingly sought after by pension funds and other institutional investors and the arguments for including real estate and infrastructure in private-debt allocations appear to be strong. In this report, we analyse why institutional investors are increasing allocation to real assets private debt. We also look at current opportunities in US real estate debt, and find out why infrastructure debt funds have continued to grow despite the pandemic.

Private debt: Everyone wants to be a lender

March / April 2021 (Magazine)By Rachel Fixsen

Institutional investors have been piling into private debt, and real assets form an important part of the story. Rachel Fixsen reports

Private debt: Crowded space for COVID opportunities in US real estate

March / April 2021 (Magazine)By Rachel Fixsen

Significant capital has been raised for US real estate debt funds, but an anticipated glut of opportunities has not materialised. Rachel Fixsen reports