Alessia Pirolo

London

Interim Private Credit Editor at 9fin

Finance Editor at React News covering NPLs, Southern European real estate and CRE finance.

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European Distressed Outlook 2025 - Trump card, grabbing market share from London and H2 Oh no

Jan 6, 2025 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo |Nathan R. Mitchell |Will Macadam |Varun Gianchandani

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Taking the Credit - Goodbye to spooky season?

Nov 1, 2024 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo

Welcome to Taking the Credit, 9fin’s weekly observations on the issues affecting the European private credit market. Find out more about what we do for private credit. Trick-or-treat? Sinister images have been knocking at the door this Halloween. Gigantic funds amassing capital from LPs have left smaller new entrants facing nightmarish scenarios. The uncertainty connected with next week’s US elections remains frightening — change is what scares investors the most, as a debt advisor admitted to 9fin.
Taking the Credit - A golden era for private credit and bank tie-ups?

Sep 26, 2024 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo

Welcome to Taking the Credit, 9fin’s weekly observations on the issues affecting the European private credit market. Find out more about what we do for private credit. Once viewed as an adversarial, the relationship between private credit funds and banks has blossomed over the years to the point where they have found ways to forge a civil working relationship, and eventually even to partner up.
9Questions - Mark Wilton, Corinthia - Back with a bang

Sep 23, 2024 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo

9QuestionAlessia Pirolo24 September 2024•8 min read9Questions is our Q&A series featuring key decision-makers in the corporate credit markets — get in touch if you know who we should be talking to!In early March, the departure of 22 members from Barings towards the newly formed and, at the time, little known Corinthia Global Management, sent shock waves across the private credit world.
Taking the Credit - Predicting the future

Sep 19, 2024 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo

Market WrapAlessia Pirolo20 September 2024•4 min readWelcome to Taking the Credit, 9fin’s weekly observations on the issues affecting the European private credit market. Find out more about what we do for private credit. At the start of a new season, it’s a good point in time to look ahead and forecast what will come next. This year, we have heard over and over again that we will have to wait for 2025 for M&A and private credit deal flow to pick up.
Private credit funds summer in the Mediterranean

Sep 9, 2024 | 9fin.com | Elena Dragulele |Alessia Pirolo

News and AnalysisElena Dragulele+Alessia Pirolo9 September 2024•7 min readSummer might be over (in the UK at least), but in southern Europe the sun is still shining on private credit. Direct lending has gained traction in the region, largely because traditionally dominant banks have been scaling back their activities and the sheer number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make countries such as Italy and Spain ideal hunting grounds for lenders hungry for deals.
Taking the Credit - Amend, pretend, defend, and spend

Aug 8, 2024 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo

Market WrapAlessia Pirolo9 August 2024•4 min readWelcome to Taking the Credit, 9fin’s weekly observations on the issues affecting the European private credit market. Find out more about what we do for private credit. It was a rollercoaster week for the liquid credit markets, after Japan’s central bank sent shockwaves through risk assets and dashed hopes of a quiet August.
9Questions - Taj Sidhu, Carlyle - Big names are going small

Aug 8, 2024 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo

9QuestionAlessia Pirolo8 August 2024•7 min readPrivate credit has been expanding its scope with fund managers looking outside of the regular pool of institutional investors. They’re also aiming to be the lender of choice of any type of company. Non-sponsored lending and the new buzz-word — retailisation — are trending. Carlyle has been on top of the developments.
Taking the Credit - Arctos scores with Hayfin deal, and record-breakers in Private Credit games

Aug 1, 2024 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo

Market WrapAlessia Pirolo2 August 2024•4 min readWelcome to Taking the Credit, 9fin’s weekly observations on the issues affecting the European private credit market. Find out more about what we do for private credit. Game-changing goals in the last minute, record-breaking performances, jumps from one team to another — private credit is not a game for the faint of heart.
Taking the Credit - Taxes, education, stability and, finally, M&A? The Labour effect on private credit

Jul 4, 2024 | 9fin.com | Alessia Pirolo

Market WrapAlessia Pirolo5 July 2024•5 min readHas everything changed only for everything to remain the same? It’s a new dawn for the UK, with a landslide victory for the Labour party coming back to power after 14 years, and today’s appointment of Keir Starmer as prime minister. But private credit does not expect revolutions. The market will see no major impact, 9fin has heard over and over in conversationsahead of yesterday’s general elections.