Fundraising

The firm’s debut vehicle sees it broaden its investor base and will target both fund and co-investments.

The London-based manager has held a first close of £205m, raised predominantly from UK pension funds.

The London-headquartered asset manager has raised £100m for its UK senior loans fund and is aiming to raise capital for three lending strategies.

The head of the Paris-headquartered private equity firm’s new property lending business says there is a clear need across Europe for such debt providers.

Although the pandemic made capital raising more complicated, the manager brought new investors into its latest debt vehicle and is now preparing a successor fund launch.

Following Starz Real Estate’s sourcing of Middle Eastern funding for its credit platform, the firm’s chief executive says the European lending market is increasingly attracting the interest of global investors.

The Los Angeles-based manager is angling itself for another round of volatility, says Justin Guichard, co-portfolio manager of the platform.

The real estate investment arm of Prudential attracted first-time limited partners to the fund partly on strong past performance.