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COVID-19 credit strategies must be flexible – AVCJ Forum

COVID-19 has emphasized the need for patience and mandate flexibility in private credit, industry participants told the AVCJ Forum.

  • GPs
  • 20 November 2020
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India's Finova gets $55m in equity, debt funding

Finova Capital, an Indian small business lending start-up, has raised $55 million in equity and debt, including $35 million in equity from Sequoia Capital India and Faering Capital.

  • South Asia
  • 30 October 2020
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Singapore auto marketplace Carro raises $110m

Singapore used car marketplace Carro has raised S$150 million ($110 million) in debt and equity, including an unspecified equity contribution from Japan’s MS&AD Insurance and Mitsubishi Corp.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 16 October 2020
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Apollo, ICICI Venture end India special situations partnership

Apollo Global Management and India’s ICICI Venture have agreed to terminate Aion Capital Partners, a joint venture that manages a special situations fund in the country.

  • South Asia
  • 11 June 2020
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China mezzanine: Not the norm

China’s local currency mezzanine capital space is underpenetrated, underpopulated and different to comparable strategies elsewhere. A handful of domestic GPs have begun to get traction. Will others follow?

  • Mezzanine
  • 20 May 2020
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Asia private debt: Inflection point?

With other pools of capital running dry for many companies, private debt has become a more appealing proposition. Institutional funds have a chance to impose themselves on a bank-driven market

  • Credit
  • 06 May 2020
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Zerobridge highlights Asia distress opportunities

Distress and special situations investors will see plenty of opportunities in Asia’s middle market as companies struggling with coronavirus-driven liquidity issues consider restructuring options, according to debt advisory firm Zerobridge Partners.

  • Restructuring
  • 15 April 2020
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Private credit: Untapped market

Recent industry feedback suggests middle-market companies across Asia will increasingly look to private credit to support future growth. Europe may offer clues as to how the expected uptake will unfold

  • Credit
  • 10 February 2020
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LP interview: Manulife Investment Management

Manulife Investment Management is easing into its first Asian private markets drive with a focus on optionality. Private credit, infrastructure, and real estate are early areas of interest

  • Greater China
  • 06 February 2020
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Q&A: Oaktree Capital's Raj Makam

Raj Makam, co-portfolio manager for Oaktree Capital’s middle-market finance group, discusses the dangers that may await investors in the overheating US direct lending space

  • North America
  • 03 October 2019
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LPs and infrastructure: Custom connections

LPs are mixing up their approaches to infrastructure as shifts in supply-demand dynamics converge with increased specialization requirements in next-generation projects. Asia remains the unproven goldmine

  • LPs
  • 18 September 2019
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BlackRock, CLSA invest $53m in India's GoWork

Indian co-working space provider GoWork has raised a $53 million round of debt financing led by BlackRock’s private credit team, with participation by CLSA Capital Partners’ special situations group.

  • South Asia
  • 08 August 2019
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Global credit: Speed or scale?

The winners from a widely anticipated shakeout in global credit markets will be defined by different qualities. Direct lenders expect size to be a decisive factor, while distress players prioritize nimbleness

  • Credit
  • 24 July 2019
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SSG pursues recapitalization of Australia’s Retail Food Group

Australia’s Retail Food Group (RFG) has received a A$160 million ($111 million) recapitalization proposal from Asia-focused special situations investor SSG Capital Partners.

  • Australasia
  • 10 July 2019
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Alteria invests $11.5m in India's Lendingkart

India-focused venture debt platform Alteria Capital has committed INR800 million ($11.5 million) to Lendingkart, a financial technology platform with several VC investors.

  • South Asia
  • 19 June 2019
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CLSA backs Series B extension for Korea's PeopleFund

Lending Ark Asia, a private credit division of CLSA Capital Partners, has led a $35 million extension to a Series B round for South Korean lending marketplace PeopleFund.

  • North Asia
  • 14 June 2019
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Q&A: TriLinc Global's Paul Sanford

Paul Sanford, CIO of credit-focused impact investment firm TriLinc Global, explains why Southeast Asia has proved a challenging market and how he is preparing for a spike in institutional investor interest

  • Southeast Asia
  • 14 June 2019
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KKR supports privatization of Singapore-listed 800 Super

KKR is supporting a management-led delisting of 800 Super that values the Singaporean waste management services company at S$161 million ($118 million).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 May 2019
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CDC makes debut Nepal investment

UK government-backed development finance institution (DFI) CDC Group has made its first direct investment in Nepal via a $15 million commitment to NMB Bank.

  • South Asia
  • 14 February 2019
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Q&A: Bain Capital's Jonathan Lavine

Asia’s private credit markets are underdeveloped given the size of the regional economy. Jonathan Lavine, co-managing partner of Bain Capital and CIO of Bain Capital Credit, assesses the growth potential

  • North America
  • 12 December 2018
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Bain-Piramal fund invests $156m in Indian chemicals company

India Resurgence Fund (India RF), a vehicle established by Bain Capital Credit and Piramal Enterprises to invest in distressed assets, has committed $156 million to Archean Group’s marine chemicals business.

  • South Asia
  • 27 November 2018
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Australia's Blue Sky agrees $36m debt deal with Oaktree

Special situations investor Oaktree Capital has extended a loan package worth up to A$50 million ($36 million) to Australia-listed Blue Sky Alternative Investments following a string of regulatory breaches.

  • Australasia
  • 02 October 2018
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Growth mezzanine: Paying their dues

Growth capital situations can provide a healthy source of deals for established mezzanine investors, but high barriers to entry will pose challenges for newcomers

  • Mezzanine
  • 20 June 2018
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Actis to launch $220m India NBFC

Actis Capital has launched an Indian non-banking finance company (NBFC) in which it will invest up to $220 million over the next five years.

  • South Asia
  • 31 May 2018
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