Private credit markets have grown substantially over the past decade, reaching $812 billion in AuM during 2019 according to Preqin, a provider of data and analysis for alternative investments.

Private credit markets have grown substantially over the past decade, reaching $812 billion in AuM during 2019 according to Preqin, a provider of data and analysis for alternative investments.
The real assets arm of Axa Investment Managers is to enter the European life sciences sector following the acquisition of Kadans Science Partner – a real estate business specialising in the science world.
Luxembourg’s growing role as a hub for alternative investment funds sees service providers such as TMF Group and Selectra partnering to offer a wider range of capabilities.
2020 has been a challenging year for the alternative investment funds sector. The Covid-19 pandemic has created volatility and uncertainty, causing mismatches in pricing and valuations – and some concerns for investors.
As family offices seek exposure to alternative assets, international finance centres have an important role to play. Jersey, with its strong track record in managing family wealth and innovative, user-friendly funds regime, remains a leading choice, writes Simon Morris, Director, Funds & Institutional, IQ-EQ.
Pictet Alternative Advisors has entered Manchester’s “resilient” office market through the acquisition of a grade A office portfolio in the city for an undisclosed sum.
Cryptocurrency hedge fund Ark36 has taken a further step in increasing its international presence following a partnership with global virtual currency platform Coinify.
The UK’s railway pension scheme RPMI Railpen was recently involved in the latest round of funding for Oxford Nanopore Technologies, a biotechnology firm specialising in gene-technology. Funds Europe takes a deeper look at Oxford Nanopore to learn more about the company and the role of private equity in biotechnology.
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has made four appointments to new roles in its private debt and real assets investment division.
Aviva Investors and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) are co-funding a UK office development in Cambridge, which is said to reflect a flight to “quality assets in areas rich with knowledge capital” among property investors.