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The Canadian manager secured financing from a consortium of lenders to develop a further 440,000 sq ft on its Harwell campus in Oxford.
A full-scale financial crisis currently looks unlikely, but there is further potential for volatility, the manager warned.
Alternative lenders are reluctant to write high leverage loans in today’s market.
The US, UK and continental Europe offer great opportunities for alternative lenders. But it is North American managers that are better able to capitalise on a transatlantic strategy.
A variety of factors are encouraging non-bank lenders to launch into continental Europe across all strategy types.
Managers in the latest Debt Fund 30 ranking collectively recorded a slight decrease in European lending volume year-on-year.
Capitalising on the banking sector's decreased appetite for risk is just one way alternative lenders are looking to get ahead amid the current macroeconomic volatility.
The continued volatility in European markets is providing opportunities for those with expertise, says Apollo Global Management’s Ben Eppley.
The volume of capital in the annual ranking has grown, despite managers facing a more difficult job to win commitments.
Welcome to Real Estate Capital Europe’s listing of the 30 managers ranked as the biggest debt fundraisers on the continent.