Allocation, allocation, allocation: investors double down on European private credit
Europe’s fragmented markets can offer institutional investors attractive income and excess spread but accessing that opportunity requires genuinely local capabilities.
In the Private Debt Investor Podcast, Arrow Global’s Zachary Lewy explains why Europe has to be done locally, how leading local platforms provide a competitive advantage in accessing its fragmented markets, and why private credit portfolios are broadening beyond sponsor-backed lending.
Zach Lewy
Founder, CEO and CIO
Zach has more than 25 years of executive experience in investment management and asset servicing. He founded Arrow Global in 2005 and has since led the business as Group CEO and CIO, transforming it into a leading Pan-European investment manager specialising in private credit and real estate. Under Zach’s leadership, Arrow manages more than €125 billion of serviced assets across Western Europe and generates alpha across alternative asset classes, including opportunistic credit, real estate, and lending.
Zach has supervised over 3,000 deals at Arrow and plays a key role as lead Principal in Arrow’s fund manager. Prior to founding Arrow, he was an Officer of Sallie Mae, a Director at Vertex (the BPO division of United Utilities), and a Founder and Executive Director of 7C (a U.K. BPO company acquired by Vertex). He has also served as Chair of the U.K. Debt Buyers Association and the Chair of SCOR. In 2010, he was named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Zach graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Economics with Honours and a Certificate in Applied and Computational Mathematics with Honours.