Potential benefits for investors

Investors gain access to actively managed investment grade and high yield private credit strategies, which can provide:

 

  • Higher yields than comparable public issues 
  • Diversification benefits by accessing transactions and issuers not available in public markets 
  • Robust risk management through deal structures that are typically more rigorous than public market transactions 

 

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17 years

Average industry experience of investment team members

$38 Billion

Private credit assets under management

40+

Years managing private credit assets

As of June 30, 2024

Key differentiators

Experienced teams with deep private credit expertise

Our investment teams have specialized in private debt for more than 40 years, offering the necessary skills to navigate a nuanced asset class.

Offerings across the credit quality spectrum

Investors can gain access to privately issued investment grade bonds, as well as high yield securities such as senior bank loans, high yield bonds, mezzanine debt and distressed debt.

Approach to sustainability

We integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations as enabled throughout our investment processes, which we believe can result in attractive risk-adjusted returns for our clients.

Long track record of value creation

Our strategies have achieved excess spreads with lower default rates than their representative benchmarks over time.

Origination & sourcing

Prospective investments are sourced through a network that includes commercial and investment banks, independent brokers, private equity firms, developers, other lenders and potential investments directly from issuers.

Underwriting & due diligence

All potential investments undergo a rigorous analytical underwriting process. Prospective investments that pass a preliminary review are researched further through on-site meetings with management teams as well as extensive due diligence processes.

Portfolio monitoring

Portfolios are monitored on a continual basis and through formal quarterly and annual reviews focused on covenants compliance, financial statements, ratings reviews and recommendations.

Credit risk management

Credit risk is managed continually through an independent governance structure and via proprietary scorecards and risk ratings.

Daily valuation

Our investment grade private credit funds are valued daily, based on monthly deal-by-deal valuation from a third party and, ensuring transparency for investors.

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The assets under management (AUM) represent the combined AUM of Sun Life Capital Management (Canada) Inc., Sun Life Capital Management (U.S) LLC, Crescent Capital Group, BentallGreenOak, InfraRed Capital Partners, and Advisors Asset Management.