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Investor mindsets diverge

While the retail investor flight from private credit garners the majority of coverage, institutions are staying put.

Standard Life merger with Aegon UK is ‘good news for bigger GPs’

The deal, which will form a life and pensions giant with a £480bn-odd asset portfolio, reflects the trend for consolidation among both LPs and managers.

BCI: ‘Don’t buy the beta’

LPs should prioritise credit selection rather than splitting their portfolios across ’20 or 30’ GPs, says Daniel Garant, global head of capital markets and credit investments.

Korean LPs are on the back foot

Headline risks appear to be having a profound impact on allocations from the country.

Korean LPs take credit breather as headline risks dent allocation plans

At least two Korean LPs are temporarily holding off on new commitments to corporate credit funds.

DOWNLOAD: Q1 2026 one of the most prolific fundraising quarters on record

A record first quarter speaks to continued institutional investor enthusiasm for private debt despite concerns on the retail side.

Addressing trustee anxiety about headlines, Chicago’s consultant stresses credit’s insulation from issues

Consultant for $14bn pension plan, Callan, provided an overview of private credit’s potential tailwinds that ran the gamut – from retail investors to defaults and AI disruption.

Samsung Asset Management eyes credit secondaries, co-investments

Such opportunities ‘can provide us with some downside protection against the macro flows rather than going with the flow as part of the herd’, says head and OCIO Seong Sup Cho.

Manulife to deploy more than $2bn in private credit

Insurer has committed $400m to five private credit managers this year, according to global head of corporate finance John C S Anderson.

Defence moves to the frontline

A huge increase in government spending, increasingly positive investor sentiment and a shift from the new economy to the old – all reasons why European defence is a lender target.