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Ex-Morgan Stanley head of originations starts as Octagon’s head of private credit
7 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: The new hire will lead the liquid credit shop’s new direct-lending strategy, launched earlier this year -
Surge in direct lenders’ debt-equity swaps makes trouble for LPs
7 months ago
Investors that piled into direct lending counting on steady fixed-income returns are getting more than they bargained for — in the shape of equity stakes in troubled firms -
Principal Asset Management hires MD for sponsor-backed direct lending
7 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Jordon Thompson, who most recently worked for Cerberus Capital Management, now covers sponsor relationships for Principal Asset Management -
Corinthia Global Management hires Ares alum in New York
7 months ago
The global private credit manager has hired former Ares partner Craig Shirey to serve as a managing director -
Asset-based lending increasingly acts as private debt diversifier
7 months ago
Direct lender Bow River is the latest manager to acquire a lower middle market asset-based financing firm as investors seek to diversify existing private debt portfolios -
Park Square and Nomura plan private credit partnership
7 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: The two parties are negotiating a partnership in which Nomura’s US investment banking unit would help Park Square source unitranche deals in the US -
Sponsors abandoning companies to private lenders at rapid rate---Lincoln International
8 months ago
The first half of 2025 saw private equity sponsors hand over companies to direct lenders at a volume that exceeded the past five years combined, the valuation firm’s data shows -
MetLife IM appoints global head of private fixed income
8 months ago
The role was left open after Brian Funk was promoted to president earlier this summer -
Direct lending competition erases refinancing premium
8 months ago
Historically, new LBOs resulted in cheaper pricing, but spreads for refinancing and recapitalization deals have tightened as direct lenders face a lack of deployment opportunities -
US direct lending faces 6% “shadow default rate”—Lincoln
8 months ago
Many private credit managers are offering payment-in-kind options to weaker borrowers, possibly obscuring more widespread pain in the market -
BC Partners LPs roll into third unitranche-focused private debt fund
8 months ago
The latest Great Lakes III fund kicked off its investment period and began deploying capital on 1 August, the company said. -
Core direct lending falls out of favour
8 months ago
As capital flows in and middle market M&A shrinks, private credit managers are looking for new places to invest, said speakers at the Debtwire Private Credit Forum New York -
HIG WhiteHorse corrals USD 5.9bn for US direct lending
8 months ago
The latest fund will be used to originate senior-secured loans for both sponsored and non-sponsored corporate borrowers -
Sponsors push amendments as direct lenders grow receptive – L4CP’s Chuchla
8 months ago
Particularly with vintage-2021 deals, direct lenders are open to amending terms to the looser market standard of today, Lane Four Capital Partners founder Rob Chuchla said -
Oak Hill Advisors raises USD 3.3bn for senior direct lending
8 months ago
The fund has yet to hold a final close but has already exceeded the fund’s initial target -
PGIM looks to build private credit secondaries strategy
8 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: The insurer-linked asset manager already has secondaries capabilities through the acquisition of Montana Capital Partners in 2021 -
PGIM closes sophomore senior debt fund with USD 4.2bn
8 months ago
The commingled, private fund will be used to lend to middle-market companies across North America, Europe and Australia -
KKR grows ABF business to USD 75bn, expands origination
8 months ago
The alternative asset manager acquired a majority stake in a biopharma royalties business this week to add to its asset-backed finance business -
Moodys, MSCI roll out tool to predict private credit defaults in portfolios
8 months ago
With GPs granting access to private portfolio data, limited partners could also get ‘implied ratings’ for the underlying private loans -
Poor deal flow to challenge direct lending till 2026 – Raymond James survey
8 months agoMore than a third of survey participants said limited deal flow and excess capital seeking deals will be the biggest issue for the direct lending industry in the second half of the year
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Morgan Stanley loses head of direct lending and co-head of North America private credit
9 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: the head of direct lending had also served as co-head of North America Private Credit at Morgan Stanley Investment Management; bank assigns new head -
HarbourVest launches dedicated private credit secondaries strategy
9 months ago
This builds on the alternative asset manager’s existing secondaries strategy and private credit strategy -
Sixth Street to open Singapore office, hires head of APAC
9 months ago
The private credit manager has created the new role to better raise investor capital and expand the firm’s investment capabilities in the region -
Private credit managers find “white space” even as capital concentrates among the few – Mercer
9 months ago
Institutional investors commit most of their capital to established private credit firms of scale, but they’re often more willing to take a chance on newcomers in strategies outside of direct lending -
Carlyle snags Goldman’s Alex Chi for head of direct lending
9 months ago
Chi most recently served as co-head of Americas private credit at Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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