Institutional Investor (September 3)
“After years of low interest rates, which masked managers’ mistakes in underwriting and risk-taking, the current economic environment is exposing a huge gap in origination quality and covenant discipline among managers. But allocators aren’t panicked: More than half see the current challenges as cyclical rather than structural, with 62 percent expecting private credit to emerge stronger. In addition, 75.5 percent of allocators agree that periods of market stress are the best times to reassess managers and renegotiate terms for the future.”
Tags: Allocators, Covenant discipline, Cyclical, Economic environment, Exposing, Gap, Interest rates, Managers, Market stress, Origination quality, Private credit, Renegotiate, Risk-taking, Structural, Underwriting
Commercial Observer (June 1)
“For the illiquid world of private credit — which provides debt for commercial real estate projects -– and that of private equity, the recent upheaval in the U.S. regional banking sector and issues plaguing downtown office space has sparked questions surrounding the type of returns CRE can generate for investors. The primary question being: Is a golden moment possible in the darkest of times?”
Tags: Commercial real estate, Debt, Downtown, Illiquid, Office space, Plaguing, Private credit, Private equity, Regional banking, Returns, U.S., Upheaval
