News & Analysis

Blue Owl to pay $1bn total for insurance exposure in KAM, Kuvare deals

Purchase of boutique manager and life and annuity business adds $20bn to the firm’s AUM.

Gaps open for growth in Asia-Pacific

Pressures on banks and the high-yield market, especially in China, mean private debt funds can expand through the provision of flexible capital.

Loan Note: European private credit outperforming syndicated loans; Fitch expects rise in defaults

New European private credit index reveals plenty of positives; Fitch points to uptick in both deal activity and defaults; and Oaktree says opportunistic deals are set to flourish.

Goldman Sachs on plans to more than double credit platform

The firm reported a 51% jump in its private credit fourth-quarter earnings year-on-year.

Goldman Sachs unit backs credit firm Kennedy Lewis

In conjunction with the investment from Petershill, Azimut Alternative Capital Partners will divest its non-controlling, minority equity stake in Kennedy Lewis.

Jiří Król: How to protect a mutually beneficial match

The NAIC has proposed changes that would create barriers or remove incentives for insurers to invest in private credit.

Inside the love-hate relationship between banks and private credit

They co-operate but also aggressively compete with each other. But what exactly are they compromising on and fighting over? We take a deep dive into the places where banks meet fund managers.

ILPA’s Prunier: ‘Vast majority’ of LPs unsupportive of NAV loans

‘There has been some bad behaviour that has caused some of these frustrations,’ he said.