Discover our Credit activities
Access to credit is essential for companies seeking to invest in growth. We are one of Europe’s leading providers of non-bank credit for small and medium-sized companies, with the majority of our loans used to finance buyouts and add-on acquisitions. We offer companies a vital alternative to bank funding, which has become increasingly constrained in Europe, as well as providing our investors with attractive, risk-adjusted yields.
We provide credit to finance private equity transactions
Ardian offers investors a range of credit strategies that span the capital structure. Our Private Debt team is one of the leading financiers of mid-market LBOs in Europe. Our teams in London, Paris and Frankfurt invest across the capital structure and are among Europe’s leading providers of unitranche facilities, which combine senior and junior debt in a single funding package. Through our NAV Financing team, Ardian also funds transactions alongside banks in the secondary market, where investors buy portfolios of private equity and infrastructure fund interests from LPs that wish to exit.
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$10bn AUM
Advancing the ESG agenda in credit markets
Ardian’s fifth-generation private debt fund is classified under Article 8 of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. This requires us to incorporate specific ESG factors into the investment process and report to LPs annually on our portfolio companies’ ESG performance. We work closely with sponsors and investee companies to integrate ESG factors into every stage of the investment process and have agreed several facilities that include an “ESG ratchet”, under which the borrower’s interest rate reduces as certain ESG criteria are met.
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Ardian Private Debt V fund classification
At Ardian, we define ourselves as Architects of Lasting Change
European Asset Management Firm of the Year 2024
In November 2024, Ardian has won the “European Asset Management Firm of the Year 2024” at the Funds Europe Awards 2024 in London.
European Private Markets Fund Manager of the Year 2024
In November 2024, Ardian has won the “European Private Markets Fund Manager of the Year 2024” (AuM of more than €100bn) at the Funds Europe Awards 2024 in London.
ESG Manager of the Year 2024
In October 2024, Ardian was awarded “IJ Global ESG Asset Manager of the Year,” at the IJ Global Awards 2024.
Grands Prix - Private Equity Magazine
In June 2022, the Private Credit team was awarded the prize of best private debt lender in the “Large” category at the Private Equity Magazine “Grands Prix”.
