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Private Credit

PGIM taps M&G’s Scheer to lead DACH direct lending

PGIM has hired former M&G Investments private credit executive Robert Scheer as head of direct lending for the DACH region, according to an announcement shared exclusively with 9fin ahead of its publication.

7 Sept 2026

| Europe

News & Analysis

ABF

Distressed

LevFin

Private Credit

Insolvent Bathla’s A$3.4bn debt highlights Aussie property woes

On Friday (4 September), the administrators of Bathla Group, one of Sydney’s largest, and now insolvent, homebuilders told the firm’s creditors its A$3.4bn ($2.45bn) debt stack may still grow. The builder owes most of that cash to private credit lenders, though claimants may number as many as 3,000.

4 Sept 2026

| APAC

News & Analysis

Private Credit

Taking the Credit — The direct lending fundraising vindication

As the market heads back to school, some of Europe’s biggest fund managers — Bridgepoint, Hayfin and Tikehau — are returning with plenty of fresh cash to put to work.

4 Sept 2026

| Europe

News & Analysis

ABF

Investment Grade

Lloyds opts for Dutch RMBS over cheaper covered bond funding

With its second Dutch RMBS of the year, Lloyds Bank has brought the total it has raised in 2026 through securitisations of Dutch mortgages to €1.5bn, leaving very little, if any, to be drummed up in the covered bond market.

3 Sept 2026

| Europe

| US

News & Analysis

LevFin

RBI swap scheme pulls $136bn, beating expectations

Indian banks mobilized $136.4bn in foreign currency inflows under the Reserve Bank of India’s concessional USD INR swap facilities between the scheme’s launch on 8 June and 31 August, surpassing both the central bank’s publicly stated expectation and market forecasts.

2 Sept 2026

| APAC

News & Analysis

Private Credit

No offence, but where are Europe's defence deals?

Europe is rearming, and everyone from LPs to lenders are keen on investing in defence. But despite loosening ESG guidelines and robust government support in both the UK and European Union for investing in the sector, market participants told 9fin there aren’t enough quality investable credits to meet all the demand.

2 Sept 2026

| Europe