Private Credit

The investment manager is betting on the resilience of Australia's private credit market by taking a major stake in the Brookfield-owned asset manager.

MSCI expands its private market coverage by acquiring PM Insights, adding secondary market reference data to its platform.

The Mumbai-based firm secured full commitments for its first special opportunities fund as institutional interest in India’s private credit market continues to grow.

Asia’s wealthiest families are hunkering down in cash while betting on private markets for the long haul.

As capital flows surge across Asia, the $1-trillion firm calls for a focus on investor education to anchor the industry’s aggressive push into the mass affluent segment.

The veteran private banker brings a focus on cross-border financial structures and multi-jurisdictional portfolios to the firm.

The German asset manager moves to tap into India’s private markets through a strategic stake in Nippon Life India’s alternative investment unit.

The Australian asset manager is building up its Asia wealth team, as it bets on rising demand for private infrastructure among Asia’s wealthy individuals.

The insurance company is taking on Hong Kong’s wealth market by slashing entry barriers, allowing investors to tap into private equity and infrastructure for as little as $10,000.

Private wealth and ultra-high-net-worth investors are shifting allocations toward income-generating illiquid strategies like private credit and music royalties, while Partners Group's Asia head sees more opportunities in China and India despite market scepticism.

The wealth manager's Asia and Middle East chief investment officer is positioning portfolios with a US underweight and value tilt while cautioning that private credit's apparent stability may prove illusory during market stress.

Earlier this year, the firm bolstered its traditional asset management scale with the US$1.8 billion purchase of Macquarie’s U.S. and European public asset management businesses.