European direct lending up 9% but turbocharged growth wanes
Year-on-year growth for the European direct lending space may have cooled slightly in 2018 but the market is still in rude health, according to the recently released Deloitte Alternative Lender Deal Tracker. Denise Ko Genovese reports
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