Investment

• Investment

Patrimium, Ares Build Novel Credit Vehicle for Family Offices

Credit deals moving fast and hard at year's end, as $100 million for ABF said to be first of its kind for Gulf's UHNW investors.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 18 Dec 2025

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Blackstone, Israel's Phoenix Forge Major Credit Partnership

Deal to commit several billion dollars across diverse range of credit opportunities.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 18 Dec 2025

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Mubadala, Barings Seal $500 Million Private RE Credit Deal

New JV to address refinancing needs for senior and subordinated loans in US, Europe and APAC.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 18 Dec 2025

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Marex to Pair Ideas & Execution in New EM Credit Desk

Agency execution specialist taps Jefferies veteran to lead buildout serving emboldened yield hunt.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 12 Dec 2025

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State Street Joins Kingdom Rush, Dreams on India

Boston-based giant touts Riyadh regional HQ, while reportedly in talks to enter India's well-poised though historically tricky mutual fund market.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 12 Dec 2025

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Emerging Markets are 'Reasonable Alternatives'

Pillars of the TINA trope have brittled, while TARA brings EM to the fore. Will it stay this time?

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 12 Dec 2025

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BlackRock EM ETF Doubles Net Assets Since September

iShares' enhanced equity Ucits fund EMEE banners strong year of inflows for emerging market ETFs.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 12 Dec 2025

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Loomis Sayles Sells EM Equities Team to UAE-Based FIM Partners

Specialist boutique acquires strategy managed by Ashish Chugh, who will become its CIO for EM Equities.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 12 Dec 2025

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Tradeweb, Saudi Launch Riyal-Linked Bonds' Electronic Trading

New avenue to institutional trading goes live just as Kingdom's debt appetite ramps up.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 12 Dec 2025

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Smooth: JPMorgan, UBS, Oppenheimer Seal Georgian Record $400 Million Eurobond for Silk Road Group

Diversified private investor and global managers tout oversubscribed book and tightened spread as evidence for growing interest in Georgia.

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 12 Dec 2025

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Kuwait's Wafra Buys Stake in Secondaries Mainstay Ardian

Wafra, the alternatives investments house owned by Kuwait's PIFSS public pension fund, has announced a strategic minority investment in French private markets giant Ardian. Overseeing ca. $28 billion

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 12 Dec 2025

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IFC Invests $100 Million in Brookfield Emerging Markets Fund

Blended arrangement will supplement $1 billion committed by Alterra, with a $5 billion target for the fund aimed at catalyzing EM sustainability. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced it will

By Bourgaize Murray

/ 11 Dec 2025