Apr 2, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit
Faced with a wave of redemptions and market turmoil, the private credit industry is leaning into a classic Wall Street maneuver: securitization. Private credit firms are issuing collateralized loan obligations at a near record pace, despite unease over a potential...
Apr 2, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit
President Donald Trump’s speech last night about Iran did little to change the current market dynamic. That will change in time. But the real challenge to market indexes goes beyond rising oil prices. In the background, the festering pool of bad private credit deals...
Mar 29, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit
Thanks to some well timed energy-transition bets, a number of private capital funds are managing to defy the latest wave of headline-grabbing markdowns. Fund managers at firms including Brookfield Asset Management, Eurazeo SE and Tikehau Capital say they’ve been...
Mar 19, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has begun preliminary talks with investors to raise at least $10 billion for a global direct lending fund, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The fund, West Street Loan Partners VI, will focus on companies across North...
Mar 19, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are among investment banks offering hedge fund clients ways to bet against the $1.8 trillion private credit market, people with knowledge of the matter said. The firms have assembled baskets of listed companies...
Mar 17, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit
Default rates in direct lending will climb to 8% as advances in artificial intelligence continually disrupt the software industry, according to Morgan Stanley. While AI disruption has yet to impact private credit fundamentals in a “material way,” elevated leverage and...
