Tag : private credit

Private credit's overlooked opportunity: Why non-sponsored lending deserves attention

The non-sponsored market offers a distinct complement to sponsor-backed private credit. Financing family-owned and entrepreneur-led businesses can bring diversification, lower leverage and typically a premium reflecting complexity and flexibility. For Asian investors seeking diversification within their private credit allocations, non-sponsored private credit, particularly in Europe, may offer a differentiated opportunity set, according to M&G Investments.

MNRB prioritises public market returns over private credit

Kristina Shperlik

17 hours ago

The Malaysian insurer is adapting to structural volatility by getting incremental gains from core public allocations and resisting the broader industry push into illiquid alternative assets.

MNRB prioritises public market returns over private credit

Real estate and bank shortfalls fuel Apac private debt

Kristina Shperlik

6 days ago

Apac institutional investors are deploying private capital to bridge bank financing gaps, while global tech giants pour billions into digital infrastructure amid rising middle-market debt pressures, a Moody's report found.

Real estate and bank shortfalls fuel Apac private debt

Private debt managers filter AI risk in software lending

Kristina Shperlik

Nov 1, 2026

Market experts are relying on tight loan-to-value, proprietary data sets and direct cash-flow metrics to protect technology portfolios.

Private debt managers filter AI risk in software lending

Market Views: Which segments of private credit still offer genuine value?

Bernadette Tio

Oct 29, 2026

As private credit has attracted record inflows from institutional investors in recent years, there are concerns that parts of the market may be becoming overcrowded.

Market Views: Which segments of private credit still offer genuine value?

Allocators pivot to active strategies to mitigate concentration risk

AsianInvestor team

Oct 28, 2026

Institutional investors are moving away from benchmark-led investing as market concentration, geopolitical uncertainty and volatility push allocators towards active management, alternatives and integrated public-private market strategies, according to a survey by Schroders.

Allocators pivot to active strategies to mitigate concentration risk

QIC’s private debt platform looks for Asian investors

Lachlan Colquhoun

Oct 26, 2026

Queensland’s state investment manager has a distribution team in Singapore for its Australian private debt fund, which it says is increasingly attractive for Asian investors.

QIC’s private debt platform looks for Asian investors

Japanese insurers aim to close overseas credit expertise gap

Dennis Chong

Oct 19, 2026

The search for higher returns is pushing Japan’s life insurers into private debt and asset-based finance, but a lack of local knowledge means they are relying on foreign partners and subsidiaries to scale up safely.

Japanese insurers aim to close overseas credit expertise gap

Asia's LPs expand playbook beyond private equity

Nishtha Asthana

Oct 7, 2026

Private credit, secondaries and real assets are becoming established parts of the region's private-market portfolios.

Asia's LPs expand playbook beyond private equity

Investors move up the yield curve via niche alternatives

Kristina Shperlik

Oct 5, 2026

Investors across Apac are turning to corporate capital solutions, specialised portfolio finance and niche asset-backed debt for double-digit yields.

Investors move up the yield curve via niche alternatives

Private credit caution redirects Asian LP capital

Nishtha Asthana

Sep 28, 2026

As demand for private credit cools, regional investors are shifting capital into secondaries and real assets to gain stronger protections and clearer liquidity.

Private credit caution redirects Asian LP capital

Asian insurers turn to infra and CRE debt as private credit priorities shift

AsianInvestor team

Sep 27, 2026

Higher hedging costs, new regulations and a repricing of commercial property are pushing insurers towards alternative lending opportunities.

Asian insurers turn to infra and CRE debt as private credit priorities shift