Strategies
Direct Credit InvestmentsPrivate Debt
The direct credit investment strategy is focused on the opportunity set within more senior components of a company’s capital structure, and with characteristics including contractual yield, shorter duration and capital preservation. Our goal is to provide investors with attractive, risk-adjusted returns by employing our differentiated approach to this strategy.
Other managers
Hamilton Lane
Conshohocken, United StatesHamilton Lane is an alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets solutions to sophisticated investors around the world. The firm has been dedicated to private markets investing for more than three decades and currently has more than 620 employees operating in 23 offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East. With $117.3+ billion in assets under management and $700.7B+ billion in assets under supervision*, Hamilton Lane offers a full range of investment products and services that enable clients to participate in the private markets asset class on a global and customized basis. The firm has been named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for ten consecutive years.
*As of June 30, 2023
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Centre Lane Partners
New York, United StatesCentre Lane Partners is a private investment firm that invests in the equity and debt of middle market companies in North America. We employ a flexible strategy that approaches complex situations with a solutions orientation. We have an experienced, collaborative and diverse team, and seek to partner with strong management teams that can benefit from patient, long-term capital and our operational, financial and strategic expertise and support.
In our Private Equity business, we look to acquire majority ownership of middle market companies and partner with strong management teams that we support through our CLP Value Creation Framework (CLP-VCF). The companies we invest in are generally specialists within their segments and have identifiable value drivers that we can harness to optimize and grow the business. We are active across a broad range of transaction types including buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate carve-outs and restructurings.
In our Private Credit business, we provide creative, flexible debt financings to middle market businesses. We look to support management teams, equity owners, businesses and other stakeholders through appropriately structured financings for a variety of capital needs relating to refinancings, recapitalizations, organic growth objectives and strategic priorities.
We are active across a wide range of transaction types and typically invest in the following sectors: consumer, business / financial services, healthcare / healthcare services, industrial / industrial services and technology / media / software.
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Sovereign Capital Partners
London, United KingdomSovereign is a specialist private equity house that partners with high-quality businesses and management teams in the UK and Europe to deliver truly transformational growth.
We have deep and historic expertise of investing in four sectors: business and technology services, healthcare and pharma services, financial services and insurance, and education and training.
With one of the largest investment and specialist research teams in our market, we have the expertise and resources to help each business deliver the growth strategy that's right for them.
Through our proven strategy of Buy & Build, we look beyond today to spot potential and create opportunities, and we go beyond what's expected to establish, build and nurture long-term relationships.
By seeing beyond and going beyond, we help great businesses become exceptional.
Sovereign Capital Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Portfolio Advisors
Darien, United StatesPortfolio Advisors is a global private asset manager specializing in the U.S. middle market. We provide tailored private equity, private credit and private real estate investment solutions through a variety of customized programs, including direct, secondary and primary investments, and junior and senior credit. Since our founding in 1994, Portfolio Advisors has served as an active partner to the middle-market community, leading to superior access and value creation for clients and sponsors alike.
In 2023, Portfolio Advisors combined with FS Investments, a pioneer in the democratization of alternative assets. Together, we manage over $75 billion in assets and offer a broad suite of alternative strategies to both institutional and individual investors. The combined company has more than 500 employees across offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia, with headquarters in Philadelphia and Darien, CT.
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TowerBrook
London, United KingdomTowerBrook Capital Partners is a purpose-driven, transatlantic investment management firm with assets under management of $21.6 billion, investing across private equity, structured opportunities and impact. As a disciplined investor with a commitment to fundamental value, TowerBrook seeks to deliver superior, risk-adjusted returns to investors on a consistent basis, guided by TowerBrook Responsible Ownership principles which are central to the firm’s value creation strategy.
We partner with talented, experienced managers and senior advisors who share the firm’s values and support its investment objectives, providing capital and resources to transform the capabilities and prospects of the businesses in which we invest, driving better outcomes for all stakeholders.
We take an entrepreneurial, multinational, single-team approach and since inception in 2001, we have invested in more than 90 companies on both sides of the Atlantic, across our three strategies.
TowerBrook is the first mainstream private equity firm to be certified as a B Corporation, demonstrating leadership in its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards and responsible business practices.
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Adams Street Partners
Chicago, United StatesAdams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager with investments in more than thirty countries across five continents. Drawing on over 50 years of private markets experience, proprietary intelligence, and trusted relationships, Adams Street strives to generate actionable investment insights across market cycles. Adams Street is 100% employee-owned and manages $55 billion in assets under management. Adams Street has offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.
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Adams Street Partners
Chicago, United StatesAdams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager with investments in more than 30 countries across five continents. The firm is 100% employee-owned and has approximately $60 billion in assets under management across primary, secondary, growth equity, credit, and co-investment strategies. Adams Street strives to generate actionable investment insights across market cycles by drawing on over 50 years of private markets experience, proprietary intelligence, and trusted relationships. Adams Street has offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.
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Schroders Capital
London, United KingdomWe combine the experience of specialised local teams, with the scale, rigor, and resources of a global institutional platform, to provide our investors with global access across Real Estate, Infrastructure, Private Equity, and Private Debt & Credit Alternatives investments.
This approach enables us to access investments that are often difficult to find elsewhere, while also having the broad capabilities and perspective needed to build holistic solutions and deliver tailored outcomes across private markets.
Our entrepreneurial teams have the autonomy to pursue innovative ideas in their areas of expertise and to collaborate within the expert networks of one of the world's leading asset managers including extensive capabilities in sustainability and impact investing
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Bridgepoint
London, United KingdomWe are one of the world's leading private asset growth investors, specialising in private equity, private credit, and following the ECP transaction, infrastructure. With €41bn of assets under management and a strong local presence in Europe, North America and Asia, we combine global scale with local market and sector expertise, consistently delivering strong returns through cycles.
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Warburg Pincus
New York, United StatesWarburg Pincus LLC is a leading global growth investor. The firm has more than $83 billion in assets under management. The firm’s active portfolio of more than 225 companies is highly diversified by stage, sector, and geography. Warburg Pincus is an experienced partner to management teams seeking to build durable companies with sustainable value. Since its founding in 1966, Warburg Pincus has invested more than $117 billion in over 1,000 companies globally across its private equity, real estate, and capital solutions strategies. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Mauritius, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore.