private credit

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has invested £575m in private credit as part of a £3bn private markets programme also covering equity and infrastructure assets.

Professional Pensions is holding a webinar on private credit today (14 December) at 2pm.

PP’s expert panel look at the role of private markets in pension scheme portfolios, and the trends expected to follow the pandemic.

Schroders has launched a multi-private credit fund (MPCF) for UK defined benefit (DB) schemes in response to growing demand for long-term and alternative income streams.

While private credit mandates may not be straightforward to set up, they are a reliable source of income with lower default risk, says Mark Fawcett.

The majority of schemes have claimed political and economic uncertainty has led them to disregard contingency planning for the range of potential Brexit outcomes.

NEST is challenging the asset management sector to come up with an affordable and innovative private credit solution for itself and the wider defined contribution (DC) sector.

UK pension trustees still need to meet their scheme objective, and should be taking advantage of their long term investment horizons. Vivek Paul looks at how real assets can be utilised