SFI—M&G Seminar on Private Debt 2019 | Swiss Finance Institute | 19 November 2019 | Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Limmatquai 54, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland

When a small or medium-sized business needs money, it usually goes to its bank and applies for a loan. This is how companies – not just SMEs – raise debt capital in Switzerland. However, banks have become more restrictive in their lending practices due to increasing regulation and higher capital requirements under Basel III. In this context, medium-sized companies and those without investment grade ratings are looking for alternative sources of financing. This is where private debt comes in.

To put it simply, private debt (“private, non-traded debt”) is debt capital that has not been provided by a bank or raised by issuing bonds. So one characteristic is that there is no liquid secondary market and that the debt cannot be traded. The loans are granted by non-banking institutions such as funds, pension funds, insurance companies or family offices. Find out more about this form of financing in a thematic deep dive session with proven experts.

2019 Speakers

Prof. François Degeorge
Managing Director, Swiss Finance Institute

Prof. Rüdiger Fahlenbrach
Professor, EPFL

William Nicoll
Director Fixed Income, M&G

Christian Jochum
Head of Strategy Development, Zurich Insurance Group

Manuele De Gennaro
Countryhead Switzerland, M&G

2019 Sponsors

M&G Investment