THE GO-TO ALTERNATIVE LENDER OF CHOICE FOR SMEs Shard Credit Partners is an innovative provider of alternative finance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the UK lower mid-market. With traditional bank lenders balance sheets constrained as a result of increasing regulatory capital requirements, Shard Credit Partners fills the funding gap through its direct lending fund. This matches the income needs and longer term liability profiles of institutional investors such as insurance companies and pension funds with the funding requirements of the UK SME sector. It boasts a professional track record stretching over 80 years of sourcing, originating, executing and then managing loans worth a combined total of £70 billion-equivalent across the UK/Europe and the US.