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Founded in 2001 and joining Fiera Capital in 2018, Fiera Capital (Asia) (formerly known as Clearwater Capital Partners) provides investors with access to a full spectrum of Asia credit investment opportunities including performing high yield credit, direct lending, and special situations. Since inception, Fiera Capital (Asia) has made more than 350 Asia investments totaling over USD5.8 billion, across sectors and geographies, both onshore and offshore, and built some of the largest dedicated lending platforms in the region.
Fiera Capital (Asia) has built an on-the-ground presence in Asia through locally staffed offices and companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, Seoul and Chongqing. The breadth of the targeted investment market and Fiera Capital (Asia)'s established and experienced presence make it possible for it to source, develop and capture value in diverse opportunities, particularly targeting to the senior part of the capital structure.
The Fiera Capital (Asia) team, including our direct lending platforms, consists of over 100 individuals who are passionate about credit investing and have a complementary set of diverse backgrounds and skill-sets.
Fiera Capital is a global independent asset management firm with a multi-boutique approach. As one of Canada's leading investment managers with more than CAD180 billion AUM as at 31 December 2020, the firm offers to institutional, private wealth and retail markets full-service, integrated portfolio-management solutions that span a broad array of traditional and alternative asset classes.
Fiera Capital Corporation, one of North America’s leading independent asset management firms, is rapidly acquiring a global presence and reputation. With more than $158.1 billion in assets under management as at March 31, 2020, the firm offers to institutional, private wealth and retail markets full-service, integrated portfolio-management solutions that span a broad array of traditional and alternative asset classes.
Helicap is a Fintech Investment Platform specialising in the alternative lending space in SEA and Oceania. Helicap has built an Institutional-grade credit analytics technology that provides lending capital to hundreds of platform partners who access 200 million potential borrowers in the region, enabling them to transform the way corporations and consumers access credit. The company has completed about US$150mil in deals with no defaults through COVID19 and had it's US$10mil Series A fundraise in 2020, led by Regional Financial Institution, Credit Saison.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is the global representative of the alternative investment industry, with around 2,100 corporate members in over 60 countries. AIMA’s fund manager members collectively manage more than US$3 trillion in hedge fund and private credit assets.
AIMA draws upon the expertise and diversity of its membership to provide leadership in industry initiatives such as advocacy, policy and regulatory engagement, educational programmes and sound practice guides. AIMA works to raise media and public awareness of the value of the industry.
AIMA set up the Alternative Credit Council (ACC) to help firms focused in the private credit and direct lending space. The ACC currently represents over 250 members that manage over US$1 trillion of private credit assets globally.
AIMA is committed to developing skills and education standards and is a co-founder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation (CAIA) – the first and only specialised educational standard for alternative investment specialists. AIMA is governed by its Council (Board of Directors).
The Alternative Credit Council (ACC) is a global body that represents asset management firms in the private credit and direct lending space. It currently represents 170 members that manage over $400bn of private credit assets.
The ACC is an affiliate of AIMA and is governed by its own board which ultimately reports to the AIMA Council.
ACC members provide an important source of funding to the economy. They provide finance to mid-market corporates, SMEs, commercial and residential real estate developments, infrastructure as well the trade and receivables business.
The ACC’s core objectives are to provide guidance on policy and regulatory matters, support wider advocacy and educational efforts and generate industry research with the view to strengthening the sector's sustainability and wider economic and financial benefits.
Alternative credit, private debt or direct lending funds have grown substantially in recent years and are becoming a key segment of the asset management industry. The ACC seeks to explain the value of private credit by highlighting the sector's wider economic and financial stability benefits.
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