Private Credit

Investing into a range of asset-backed senior debt opportunities via direct or indirect lending.
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Downing Private Credit

With decades of industry experience and a dedicated team of 14 professionals, our Private Credit team can create tailored solutions that meet investors' needs, targeting attractive risk-adjusted returns through a diversified credit strategy.

Within our private credit strategy, we focus on direct and wholesale lending, providing secured senior lending against UK and Irish real estate with durations of 12–36 months. This delivers attractive returns with broad diversification across geographies, counterparties, and loan types.

Our investment strategies

We have two verticals that we invest into within our Private Credit strategy.

Property Finance

Originating senior debt opportunities directly or via co-investment agreements with other experienced industry lenders.
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Wholesale Finance

Providing senior and super senior debt financing to lenders in the property sector.
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Our portfolio at a glance

Our Private Credit strategy is helping to solve the housing shortage across the UK and Ireland and supporting SMEs across a range of sectors.

Solutions provided

80+ different regional and local developers supported via our funding solutions.*

Properties funded

c.2,050 properties funded since 2017.**

Committed investment

£650m+ committed to direct and wholesale lending solutions.*

Projects facilitated

c.400 underlying loans facilitated since 2017.*
*as at September 2024.
**as at December 2024.
“We provide asset-backed senior debt opportunities that deliver strong risk-adjusted returns, actively contributing to solving the housing shortage and empowering SME developers and other property professionals across the UK and Ireland.”
Parik Chandra
Partner and Head of Private Credit
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