Private Credit
By the Numbers: Key Trends Driving Private Lending, Finance Talent, and Global Shipping
This month, Global Finance tracked three market shifts: private lending, digital finance talent, and global trade costs.
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Private Credit Fees Tick Higher
Competition for capital is easing at the top of the market, while prices tick higher. What investors really pay is more complicated.
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Fed Rate Hike Squeezes an Already Stressed Private Credit Sector
Private credit default rates hit a record 6.3% in August as expected Fed rate hikes likely strain direct lenders and floating-rate borrowers.
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Private Credit Newsletter
We strive to provide essential intelligence to our international audience of senior financial executives. As part of this mission, we have launched the new Private Credit newsletter and have expanded our coverage of Private Credit sector in our print and digital editions.
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AI and Lenders: Who’s Liable When LLMs Err?
Private credit firms are racing to automate credit scoring and underwriting, but recent case law proves lenders remain fully on the hook when models make mistakes.
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The Hidden Risks of Payment-in-Kind
Liquidity relief today, strain tomorrow: PIK loans offer private credit flexibility but can mask risk.
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BlackRock’s CEO Exit Signals Private Credit Shift
The private credit market’s roughest stretch in years has claimed its first senior leader at a major asset manager. BlackRock’s...
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Private Credit: A Hot Market Hits a Crossroads
Two recent corporate defaults have aggravated market anxiety about private-credit funds’ scrutiny of borrowers’ risks, prompting calls for tighter oversight...
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Private Credit Crash Fears Are Overstated
Despite investor concerns, the private credit market is far from a meltdown, if only because not all vehicles pose the same risks.
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Suntera’s Von Bevern on the ‘Speed’ Advantage of Private Credit
Michael Von Bevern, Global Head of Funds at Suntera, spoke to Global Finance about the speed, flexibility, and innovation in private credit.
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Private Credit Stress Test: What Breaks And What Holds
Private credit faces mounting stress from liquidity mismatches, fraud concerns, and macro pressures, even as bullish sentiment persist.
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Private Credit’s Next Bet: Intellectual Property
Asset-light companies reshape private credit as lenders embrace intellectual property collateral, despite valuation challenges, legal risks, and AI-driven obsolescence concerns