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A disciplined, research-driven approach to European real assets and private credit
Core Plus Asset Management combines traditional investment expertise with a disciplined, research-driven approach to sourcing and evaluating opportunities across European markets.
Who We Are
An established investment platform focused on European real assets and private credit
Core Plus Asset Management is a European-focused alternative asset management firm specialising in real assets and private credit. The firm focuses on identifying, underwriting, structuring, and managing investment opportunities across European markets.
Its core expertise is in asset-backed and cash-flow-oriented investments where disciplined underwriting, downside protection, and active asset management can create attractive risk-adjusted returns.
Core Plus combines traditional investment expertise with a disciplined, research-driven approach to sourcing and evaluating opportunities — seeking to combine rigorous analysis with a practical understanding of the underlying assets, businesses, borrowers, and markets.
Investment Philosophy
Disciplined underwriting, downside protection, active management
The firm's investment philosophy is grounded in rigorous analysis, fundamental research, and a long-term investment perspective.
Rigorous Underwriting
A structured investment process from opportunity sourcing through to active portfolio management, combining financial modelling and scenario analysis with a practical understanding of underlying assets.
Downside Protection
Emphasis on credit quality, collateral, cash-flow generation, leverage, and covenant structures — seeking to protect capital through disciplined risk management at every stage.
Active Management
Active portfolio and asset management throughout the investment lifecycle — monitoring performance, managing risk, and seeking to create value through hands-on stewardship.
Long-Term Perspective
A selective, patient approach to investment — focusing on quality opportunities where fundamental research and disciplined execution can drive sustainable, risk-adjusted returns.
“A primary investment focus on Europe — evaluating opportunities across selected markets based on fundamentals, risk-return characteristics, and the specific nature of each opportunity.”— Geographic Focus
Areas of Expertise
Two complementary investment disciplines
The firm's expertise spans real assets and private credit, with the flexibility to evaluate opportunities across asset classes and market cycles.
Tangible, income-generating assets
Commercial real estate, residential real estate, logistics and industrial assets, infrastructure-related assets, and other tangible assets evaluated on underlying asset quality, cash-flow generation, and long-term value creation.
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Asset-backed and structured credit
Direct lending, asset-backed lending, real-estate-backed credit, corporate private credit, structured credit, and special situations — with emphasis on credit quality, collateral, and risk-adjusted returns.
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A structured, disciplined process
Core Plus follows a disciplined investment process encompassing opportunity sourcing, initial investment screening, market and sector analysis, financial and commercial due diligence, asset-level and borrower-level underwriting, financial modelling and scenario analysis, structuring and negotiation, investment committee review, transaction execution, and active portfolio and asset management.
The investment process emphasises credit quality, collateral, cash-flow generation, leverage, downside protection, covenant structures, and risk-adjusted returns. The firm seeks to combine rigorous analysis with a practical understanding of the underlying assets, businesses, borrowers, and markets.
Risk management is embedded throughout the investment lifecycle — from initial screening through to ongoing portfolio monitoring — with a focus on protecting capital and identifying downside risks before they materialise.
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