Asset Allocation
Insurers Further Embrace Private Credit
A report from Clearwater Analytics identified why the asset class is such a good fit for certain types of insurance companies.
Tag: Private Credit
Market Moves
While Retail Investors Flee Private Credit, Institutional Investors Stay Put
Several asset managers have seen increased redemptions from their business development companies due to heightened concerns about the asset class, but traditional limited partners are largely unphased.
Corporate Moves
Apollo Plans Daily Pricing for Private Credit Funds
The manager with $834 billion in credit AUM seeks to provide greater transparency across its portfolio by September, according to an earnings call.
Alternatives
BlackRock Sees Strong Institutional Demand for Private Credit
The asset class, along with infrastructure, drove the firm’s inflows during the first quarter, while executives downplayed woes related to investor BDC redemptions.
Opinion
Private Credit Solved an Asset-Liability Mismatch—Then Recreated It
The structure of retail private-credit offerings allowed investors to participate in the asset class’ yield premium without fully bearing its illiquidity cost, writes the CIO of Gramercy Funds Management.
Alternatives
Private Credit Grapples With Sustained Investor Skepticism
Investor unease has pressured the investment class.
Newsmakers
Former Alaska Permanent Fund CEO Joins Star Mountain Capital
Angela Rodell will be a senior adviser at an employee-owned investment firm managing approximately $4.5 billion in assets.
Corporate Moves
CVC to Acquire Marathon Asset Management
The $24 billion credit manager will continue to be led by its current leadership.
Market Moves
Swedish PE Firm to Buy Secondaries’ Pioneer Coller Capital
EQT AB agreed to pay $3.2 billion to purchase the dedicated secondaries firm, which has nearly $50 billion in AUM.
Pensions
La Caisse to Take Minority Stake in Credit Service Provider GLAS
The Québécois pension fund will invest in Global Loan Agency Services alongside majority investor Oakley Capital.
Asset Allocation
Eyeing the Risks in Credit Markets
As 2026 kicks off, investors are ‘trying to extrapolate potential risk factors’ and looking to diversify.
Opinion
The Forces Propelling Direct Lending: As It Scales, Complexity Follows
What CIOs should be watching as private lending moves into the mainstream of corporate financing and institutional portfolios.
Corporate Moves
Alts Manager Rithm Capital to Acquire Private Credit Shop, Annuity Provider
The firm’s purchase of Crestline Management would create a $53 billion AUM alternative investment platform.
Alternatives
Risk Factors Are Rising in Private Credit, Performance Harder to Predict
Private markets are more sensitive to interest rates, inflation and tariffs, while there are questions about how private credit will hold up in a significant correction.
Market Moves
Secondaries, and Market Complexity, on the Rise
Limited partner-led private equity secondaries are driving the market to record highs, a trend likely to continue and to expand to private credit.