Category Archives: Private Credit
Private Credit Cannibalization:
(HedgeCo.Net) Private credit is no longer just the domain of direct lenders, business development companies, credit opportunity funds and private-debt specialists. It is increasingly becoming a battleground for the world’s largest multi-strategy hedge funds. For years, the private credit boom appeared […]
Private Credit “Semi-Liquid” Label Comes Under Fire:
(HedgeCo.Net) The private credit industry has spent the past decade selling investors on a compelling proposition: access to institutional-style lending, attractive yields, lower day-to-day volatility and a return stream that appears less correlated to public markets. But as retail and […]
Blue Owl Retail Private Credit Inflows Collapse:
(HedgeCo.Net) Blue Owl Capital’s sharp slowdown in retail private credit fundraising has become one of the most important stories in alternative investments because it cuts directly into the industry’s biggest growth engine: the movement of private credit from institutional portfolios […]
Citi + BlackRock/HPS Launch $17.5B Private Credit Program:
(HedgeCo.Net) Citigroup and BlackRock’s HPS Investment Partners have launched a $17.5 billion, private credit program aimed at expanding direct lending across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, marking another major step in the convergence of global banks and private capital platforms. […]
HSBC Pauses $4B Private Credit Push:
(HedgeCo.Net) HSBC’s reported decision to pause a planned $4 billion private-credit investment marks another important warning signal for one of the fastest-growing corners of global finance. After years of relentless expansion, private credit is entering a more complicated phase—one defined not […]
Apollo Explores $3B Portfolio Sale as Private Credit Enters a More Demanding Cycle:
(HedgeCo.Net) Apollo Global Management’s reported exploration of a roughly $3 billion sale of MidCap Financial Investment Corp. is more than a single-fund story. It is a signal that the private credit industry, after years of rapid growth, investor enthusiasm, and […]
Private Credit’s “Reckoning” Moment: Regulators Turn Up the Heat on the $2 Trillion Shadow-Lending Boom:
(HedgeCo.Net) The private credit industry is entering a new phase—one defined less by explosive growth and more by scrutiny, transparency demands, redemption pressure and the difficult question of whether a market built outside the traditional banking system can remain insulated […]
BDC Outflows Outpace Inflows: Private Credit’s Retail Reset Enters a New Phase:
(HedgeCo.Net) The private credit boom has reached a critical inflection point. For the first time, publicly registered non-traded business development companies, or BDCs, returned more capital to investors than they raised in new subscriptions during a quarter. That reversal is […]
Private Credit’s “Retail Reset”: Why Transparency Has Become the Industry’s Most Important Product:
(HedgeCo.Net) — Private credit is entering a new phase. After more than a decade of extraordinary growth, the industry is no longer being judged only by fundraising totals, yield premiums, or its ability to replace banks in middle-market lending. It is […]
Wall Street Pushes Back Against “Private Credit Crisis” Narrative:
(HedgeCo.Net) The private credit debate has reached a new level of intensity on Wall Street, with former SEC chair and current Manhattan U.S. attorney Jay Clayton arguing that the market should not be treated as a systemic “cancer” on the financial […]
Antares Capital’s $8.5B Haul:
(HedgeCo.Net) Antares Capital’s $8.5 billion close for its third senior loan fund is a major show of strength for private credit at a moment when the asset class is facing its toughest scrutiny in years. The Chicago-based credit manager announced approximately […]