Investors turn to private debt amid yield hunt
The growth in credit-linked investment products has been spurred on by non-bank lending in Asia, where companies have been providing the corporate funding which banks are often unable to fulfil.
Institutional investors are turning to private debt in greater numbers in Asia amid the ongoing hunt for yield.
With more Asian central banks cutting interest rates in recent months, allocations to such non-traditional fixed income products have become more attractive, with private debt markets offering higher yields than publicly-traded debt.
In addition, direct lending has been taking a bigger share of private debt globally.
Since last year there has been a succession of int…
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