RJ Joshua CFA Head of Private Debt, VP, Research Insights at Preqin, has 15 years’ experience covering alternative investments, including sourcing, seeding, and negotiating investments in alternative funds as well as hires, restructuring, and acquisitions. His background is in fund selection and due diligence for insurance companies and asset managers such as Phoenix, abrdn, and Allianz Global Investors.
Ongoing uncertainty over the timing and outlook for central bank interest rate action is helping to sustain a lull in private credit activity.
Accelerating inflation, monetary tightening, and an uncertain outlook for economic growth is making 2023 appear busy for distressed debt investors
Hedge funds played a defensive role as equity, bond, and FX markets faltered in 2022. RJ Joshua talks about some of the key themes of our Preqin Global Report 2023: Hedge Funds and outlines how the asset class will continue to protect portfolios from volatility in the year ahead.