全球管理公司（Global Management Inc.）正在为欧洲启动其100亿欧元（112亿美元）的私人信贷部门，支持者包括阿布扎比投资委员会，以及一位熟悉该地区的主席：资深投资银行家克里斯蒂安·迈斯纳（Christian Meissner）。
Global Management Inc. is launching its €10 billion ($11.2 billion) private-credit arm for Europe with backers including the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, plus a chairman known to the region: veteran investment banker Christian Meissner.
该平台名为欧洲信贷公司（European Credit Co.），将由阿波罗（Apollo）的投资工具及其他来源提供启动资金，这些来源包括阿索拉（Athora）、丰田乡村银行（Norinchukin Bank）、渣打银行（Standard Chartered Plc）和阿兰达首席策略公司（Aranda Principal Strategies）。总部位于纽约的阿波罗在一份被彭博社（Bloomberg）看到的声明中表示。
The platform, called European Credit Co., is starting with capital from Apollo vehicles and other sources, such as Athora, Norinchukin Bank, Standard Chartered Plc and Aranda Principal Strategies, New York-based Apollo said in a statement seen by Bloomberg.
据该声明称，由贾科莫·佩特罗贝利（Giacomo Petrobelli）领导的欧洲信贷公司（ECC），将为中型和大型公司，以及金融赞助人和包括基础设施和房地产在内的资产所有者，提供基于资产的融资和更传统的债务。彭博社6月曾报道该平台的初始资本目标。
ECC, led by Giacomo Petrobelli, will offer asset-based finance and more traditional debt to midsize and large companies, as well as financial sponsors and owners of assets including infrastructure and real estate, according to the statement. Bloomberg reported the platform’s initial capital target in June.
阿波罗首席执行官马克·罗恩（Marc Rowan）预测，随着借款人寻求超越银行和债券市场的融资，直接贷款在欧洲的增长将快于世界其他地区。他的公司一直在招募关系广泛的顾问和交易撮合者，以帮助其在当地扩张。
Apollo Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan has predicted that direct lending will grow faster in Europe than anywhere else as borrowers seek financing beyond banks and bond markets. His firm has been recruiting well-connected advisers and dealmakers to help it expand there.
这家资产管理巨头今年重组了其在欧洲的领导团队，任命前渣打银行财务主管迭戈·德·焦尔吉（Diego De Giorgi）负责该地区。迈斯纳曾领导瑞士信贷（Credit Suisse）的投资银行，此前曾担任美国银行（Bank of America Corp.）的公司及投资银行主管。
The asset management giant rejigged its leadership teams in Europe this year, putting former Standard Chartered finance chief Diego De Giorgi in charge of the region. Meissner led Credit Suisse’s investment bank and, before that, corporate and investment banking at Bank of America Corp.
阿波罗在欧洲管理的资产约为2500亿美元。阿波罗持有股份的阿索拉（Athora）今年以约57亿英镑（76亿美元）完成了对英国养老保险公司（Pension Insurance Corp.）的收购，进一步增强了其在该地区的影响力。
Apollo already manages about $250 billion of assets in Europe. Athora — in which Apollo holds a stake — completed a takeover of the UK’s Pension Insurance Corp. for about £5.7 billion ($7.6 billion) this year, adding to its own clout in the region.
“ECC的成立，源于动员全球资本池、为欧洲长期增长议程融资的代际机遇，”曾任奥尔登堡州立银行首席投资官的佩特罗贝利在声明中表示。“我们的目标是将ECC打造为一家领先的泛欧洲信贷平台，专注于该地区。”ECC在法兰克福、泽西岛、伦敦、卢森堡和米兰设有办事处，并计划开设更多地点。
“The formation of ECC is driven by a generational opportunity to mobilize global pools of capital to finance Europe’s long-term growth agenda,” Petrobelli, formerly chief investment officer at Oldenburgische Landesbank, said in the statement. “We aim to build ECC into a premier pan-European credit platform, focused exclusively on the region.”ECC has offices in Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg and Milan, and it plans to open additional locations.