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Which strategies do LPs most demand in 2026?

We take an in-depth look at LP demand for private credit strategies, with several rising in popularity while others go out of favour.

Institutions are increasing private market allocations: Nuveen

Custom mandates and separate accounts are the most desired vehicles for new private credit exposure.

JPMorgan fuels fears of wider bank retreat

Private credit funds risk having fewer options for liquidity than before if other banks follow the Wall Street mainstay’s lead.

Q1 fundraising could fall flat

Early analysis of fundraising figures indicate a significantly slower start to 2026 than in previous years.

UK’s Border to Coast hires lead PM for private debt, PE and climate

The local government pension pool, with an asset portfolio set to expand to £110bn, has completed its alternatives leadership team, Private Debt Investor has learned.

Moody’s: Structured finance becoming critical to origination of IG private credit

Alternative managers that sponsor structured finance JVs are using their minority stakes to bring investment grade debt to investors.

Stress in private credit funds is stalling efforts to widen retail access

Runs draw down political capital, as examiners step up focus on disclosures, possible conflicts and valuation of funds.

Standard Life adds two private debt PMs amid in-housing drive

The UK insurer, formerly Phoenix Group, is also seeking a new CIO and has reported 8.6% year-on-year growth of its asset portfolio to £317bn.

Despite headlines, private credit GPs wield more influence over LPs: Milken Institute panel

Major allocators suggest at Milken Institute event that private credit fund managers have “pendulum swinging back” to them after inflows from alternative capital sources

Germany’s clarified framework for enforcement and recoveries

How the country’s updated auction rules are starting to shape intercreditor dynamics, enforcement strategies and loss-given-default assumptions in deals involving German collateral. By Dagmar Gold of Deutsche Pfandverwertung