KKR Sees Private Credit Returns in Asia Beating US and Europe

Investing in Asian private credit can offer a premium over similar deals in Europe and the US, in part because the supply of private debt capital is lower in Asia, Brian Dillard, head of Asia credit at KKR in Hong Kong, said in an interview with Bloomberg News.

Photographer: Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg

In a reporton Monday, KKR estimated that the ratio of the private equity to private debt assets under management is 30.8 times for the Asia-Pacific region compared with 5.2 times for the US and 3.5 times for Europe.

What’s your outlook for private credit in Asia?

I see ...