This week in asset owner history: Private debt spree to ramp up further in next decade

According to industry insiders in 2017, private debt markets were well placed to continue their exponential growth for a second decade, especially if global interest rates and credit spreads were to remain relatively depressed. Over a ten-year period, from 2006 to 2016, private or alternative debt assets under management globally had increased by almost threefold to $200 billion, according to data provider Preqin. Some of Asia’s largest investors, including Korea’s Public Offici…