Are institutions losing interest in APAC private debt?

Despite steady recent growth, the private debt sector’s risk and complexity in Asia mean institutional investors are favouring more familiar markets in the US and Europe, according to a recent report. “APAC returns do not sufficiently reflect an emerging market risk premium needed to entice wary European and North American investors away from well-known developed markets,” RJ Joshua, Preqin’s head of private debt, research insights in Singapore, and author of What is holding back …