Eurazeo expands evergreen push across Europe as wealth inflows rise 18%
EUR 922m in wealth inflows in 2025, up 18%; Two evergreen launches in 2025, wealth AUM now EUR 5.8bn

Kennedy Lewis, Bank of Ireland strike European LBO financing partnership
The US private credit manager is committing EUR 2bn so the partners can offer tailored financing options to mid-market private equity sponsors that will span bilateral, club, and syndicated loan structures

Direct lenders hit hard as credit market reels from war and AI
Volatility has come back to credit markets. Artificial intelligence’s impact on corporate earnings, a war in Iran that is ensnaring the rest of the Middle East and upticks in inflationary pressures are weighing on managers

Direct lending braces for redrawn landscape
After a stellar 2025, direct lenders are coming under pressure. Large-cap financings are colliding with record tight spreads in public markets, while competition is rising in mid-market lending

Germany plans to invest EUR 108bn on defence in 2026 and EUR 152bn in 2029
Procurement struggles and foreign investment rules mean German defence spending isn’t quite the boon to private credit it might seem

AI will upend operational models in a very short space of time
With online travel firm equities and life insurer CDS already off by a third, the systemic risk of AI is real

Blackstone to launch new private multi-asset products for affluent individuals
The new products, expected to come in the following months, will offer exposure to multiple private market asset strategies at once

Citi announces debt capital markets co-heads, including a hire from BofA
The new co-heads will fill the open spot left by head of global debt capital markets Rich Zogheb, who is retiring after 40 years in the industry

Private credit still deploying despite increasing risks – head of credit at CVC
PODCAST: Andrew Davies, head of credit at CVC Capital Partners, says the present uncertainty offered opportunities to reconsider the pricing of transactions, and the ability to structure those deals more conservatively

DWS hires former Värde MD to lead ABF business
The appointment underscores the firm’s commitment to private credit after nixing plans to launch a European CLO business last year

New York Life Investment Management and Candriam increase Kartesia stake to 80%
The two firms previously held 33% of the ownership of the private debt company, which is expected to enter the European CLO market soon

Unitranche deals take off in Europe, setting new record – Houlihan
The European private credit market completed 570 unitranche deals in 2025, marking an all-time high since Houlihan Lokey started publishing its quarterly report

Arcmont closes second capital solutions fund with EUR 1.5bn raised
The second iteration of the private credit firm’s capital solutions fund is almost double the size of its predecessor

Golub lines up private credit CLO for European market debut
The US asset manager is set to price Golub Capital Partners Euro CLO 89(M) as its first CLO issue on the continent; it comes as the firm is simultaneously ramping up a BSL CLO platform in the region

KKR’s co-head of credit says ‘it’s adult swim only’ in markets
PODCAST: Christopher Sheldon, co-head of credit and capital markets at KKR, tells Lisa Lee on the latest episode of Credit Exchange that 2026 is set to be defined by avoiding mistakes rather than picking winners, with elevated defaults and downgrades resulting in a challenging investing environment

Tikehau not for sale, 'we see ourselves more as a consolidator' – co-founder
Tikehau co-founder Antoine Flamarion has said the firm sees itself as a consolidator of businesses and has no intention of selling itself to a larger US asset manager

Private credit CLOs gather steam in Europe as Ares prices its first euro/sterling deal
The transaction follows the pioneering euro/sterling transaction from Barings last October, which also priced via BNP Paribas, and is the second private credit CLO for Ares in Europe

Tikehau raises more than USD 1bn for private credit secondaries
This sophomore fund doubled the size of its predecessor and closed above target

Lending giants invade lower mid-market in search of deals – Private Credit Comment
Smaller debt funds face increased competition from larger lenders; normalisation hinges on more M&A volumes or issues in syndicated markets

Arini President Mathew Cestar says Europe’s missing AI boom provides opportunities
PODCAST: Europe has mostly missed the AI boom that’s driven a large part of US economic growth – but that actually makes European credit more appealing, according to the head of the alternative asset manager

PE is about more than leverage
Private equity should align the interests of owners, operators and investors, writes Randy Schwimmer

Apollo partners with Schroders on public-private credit
The two will launch a US collective investment trust in the second quarter for 401k defined contribution investors and create new products for UK wealth clients

Private credit makes its pitch to private wealth at IPEM
Private credit fundraising up 20%, European funds gain on US uncertainty; evergreen products emerge to tap private wealth despite liquidity and valuation challenges

Ares plans to raise a USD 6.6bn alternative credit fund in just six months
The alternative asset manager also said on its fourth quarter earnings call that it is preparing a final close for its latest opportunistic credit fund

European BSL market upped risk to win deals in 2025 – White & Case
The BSL market issued a higher percentage of loans rated below BB against a backdrop of patchy M&A flow