Private credit: Floating to safety - inside the July/August issue

Portfolio strategy: Credit

Private credit and rising rates: Floating to safety

Despite inflationary headwinds, investors’ appetite for private credit continues to grow as the outlook for the asset class remains positive

Private credit fundraising: A record year for private-debt funds

Record amounts of capital were raised by private-debt funds in 2020 but the outlook might be less strong in the short term

ESG & private markets: Crying out for standards

Growing awareness of ESG is fuelling pressure for definitive metrics to assess company performance

Digital transformation: Take advantage of the digital reset

COVID has accelerated the digital transformation across all industries. How has it contributed to new trends and opportunities in private debt?

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On the record: Private markets - Unlisted priorities Two pension funds discuss how their strategies for non-listed investments are evolving

Growth private equity: From margin to multiple Economic conditions are creating tailwinds for PE funds focused on revenue growth

Guest viewpoint by Cyril Demaria, EDHEC Three lessons on private market investment

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Perspective: Swensen’s legacy grows

The late David Swensen left an enduring legacy, not just for Yale itself, where he was the head of his endowment for over 30 years, but for institutional investors.

Swensen’s ‘Yale model’ showed outstanding performance over decades and has inspired many but few have been able to replicate it.

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Strategically speaking: Lyxor & Amundi As Amundi’s acquisition of Lyxor presses ahead, Florence Barjou, CIO of Lyxor, talks about the firm’s priorities

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Pensions insider: A DIY approach could harm large transactions In the second in a series of articles aimed at empowering trustees, our expert contributor describes how to diplomatically sidestep problems when your good in-house team isn’t right for the complex task