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Oil near $100 could further squeeze leveraged private credit borrowers as investors weigh the risk that inflation could push interest rates higher again.

The evergreen fund will use USDT infrastructure to support asset-backed lending through fintech platforms in more than 60 countries.

State regulators should mandate public disclosure of ratings of private credit.
Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding.

Some say the industry expanded too quickly and extended loans to companies that won't be able to pay them back.

Apollo is capping investor redemptions in its main retail-focused private credit fund after exit requests hit 17%.

Private equity funds own the same underperforming companies spooking the credit market - and their investors are in the crosshairs.

Diameter's Scott Goodwin says some private credit portfolios are 'almost criminal'
The KKR fund, often referred to by its ticker, FSK, has become one of the most visible fault lines in the private credit story.

Pension funds are sticking with private credit, and in some cases doubling down even as concerns mount over underwriting standards, valuation opacity and secto…

The Financial Stability Board wants regulators to tighten up their supervision of private credit amid fears of growing stress in the sector.

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Default rates are elevated and credit managers are getting creative.

Blue Owl said it's made 10 times its investment in SpaceX, which is headed for a record IPO later this year.
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The struggles of the nascent private-capital market, weighed down by lending to software companies whose businesses are under attack from artificial intelligen…
Investors' disinterest in getting liquidity at a steep discount comes amid a quarter that saw elevated redemptions across most private-credit, non-traded BDCs.

Investors have no idea that fund returns can reflect clever accounting instead of investment skill.
Some investors are shunning private-credit funds, but billions of dollars are still flowing into funds with a big software exposure.
Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman hits back against 'intensively negative campaign' against private credit
Promise of excess yield and the "safety" of a bond lures retail investors - but what looks too good to be true often is.
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Private credit's rapid rise was key to global dealmaking over the past decade. Now, signs of strain in the $3 trillion market are spilling into private equity.

Bloomberg reported Flow Capital plans to tokenize its private credit fund to raise additional capital, but crypto execs warn tokenization doesn't magically mak…

As private credit market fears lead to rising redemption requests, Apollo Global billionaire CEO Marc Rowan has harsh words for lending peers and investors.

Private credit funds faced a $20 billion redemption rush. Here are 3 charts showing how much investors got.
JPMorgan exec says the bank is 'broadly comfortable' with its $50 billion private credit exposure
Joan Solotar, global head of Blackstone Private Wealth, said the capital flight from private credit isn't justified by the likely returns and potential losses.

With 80% equity cushions and 10-year lockups, Wall Street's "anti-banks" won't face a "Lehman moment."
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