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Ninety One eyes P2bn in private credit opportunities

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Seeing opportunities: Ninety One is hunting for returns and impact in the local market

Leading asset manager, Ninety One, is seeing opportunities in the market’s liquidity crunch and has a pipeline of up to P2 billion for private credit deals, mainly around infrastructure.

The local financial market has been weighed down by a liquidity crisis since last year, mainly owing to reduced government spending amidst the prolonged downturn in diamonds.

Private credit, meanwhile, which involves non-bank entities such as pension funds and their asset managers lending money to companies as opposed to traditional bank credit, is a growing alternative in the country.

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Ninety One eyes P2bn in private credit opportunities

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