
Fund focus: BPEA Credit spins out, closes Fund III on $475m

Baring Private Equity Asia's credit unit has entered a new phase as an independent manager with a fund more than three times larger than the previous vintage
EQT sold its Europe-centric credit unit to Bridgepoint in 2020, having reasoned that the business was sub-scale in the context of the firm’s global ambitions and offered little competitive advantage....
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