Japanese asset owners looking for private debt bets

Japanese asset owners are turning to private debt within the alternatives space in order to match their return targets, while their investment strategies are shifting and altering preferred fund structures with asset managers, or general partners (GPs) — endowment funds, especially, will be increasing alternatives allocations. Japan-based investors, or limited partners (LPs), are anticipated to add private debt to their portfolios in the next 12 months, and 60% already had allo…