Private Debt News

Investors in private credit are currently getting better returns than they would from private equity, new data shows, piling even more pressure on a buyout industry that’s reeling from the evaporation of M&A this year. The State Street Private Equity Index, which collects data from about 3,900 funds with $4.8 trillion in capital commitments, calculated […]

GrowthCap is pleased to announce The Top Private Debt Firms of 2023. It has been several years since we last ran this awards process and while the private debt market has continued to grow considerably to an estimated $1.5 trillion, the leadership and positioning of firms within the market has varied. Our awards process, based […]

Luxembourg-based private debt funds grew their assets under management (AUM) by 51 per cent in 2023, to a total of €404.4bn (£346.6bn). According to the 2023 Private Debt Fund Survey by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and KPMG, this demonstrates the phenomenal recent growth of the private debt sector and the future […]

The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund (CTPF), the oldest public retirement scheme in Illinois, is planning to makes its first foray into the booming private credit market with an initial allocation of up to $350m, according to a report by Bloomberg.

We’ve mentioned in previous Credit Pitches how private credit providers, looking to win or keep PE business, have structured deals with “portability,” which allows a loan to move with a company when the company is sold (as opposed to the loan being repaid, leaving the PE sponsor in need of new financing). The most-recent example: […]

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