North America

GI 75: Allocations are on the increase

Our latest GI75 ranking of private credit’s biggest investors shows allocations increasing, with pension funds and insurers dominant.

BDC Manager Ranking 2025

The Private Debt Investor BDC ranking looks at the biggest managers of business development companies in North America, with rankings for both public and private BDCs.

Park Square Capital: Why private credit LPs are eyeing Europe over the US

LPs increasingly value Europe’s diversification opportunities, while the US remains compelling from an opportunistic perspective, says Park Square Capital managing partner Robin Doumar.

LPs are set to upend the status quo

Respondents say private debt performed well against benchmarks in 2025, despite macro uncertainty, with the vast majority set to raise or maintain their allocations.

Metropolitan Partners Group: Why empathy is crucial in the US lower mid-market

Overlooked by many firms, the US lower mid-market can be a fertile hunting ground, according to Metropolitan Partners Group’s Paul Lisiak.

OMERS’ APAC head to exit amid regional retrenchment

Ashish Goyal will move on at the end of the year, joining other APAC departures from the $100bn pension fund and its Canadian peers, affiliate title PEI has learned.

A PE roll-up gone wrong and the lenders who feel the pain

Is the problem a mark-to-model issue or the lack of a sound business plan by a mid-market concern?

Blue Owl scraps BDC merger after sharp declines in shares

The manager confirmed the OBDC and OBDC II merger is terminated and it will re-evaluate alternatives.

The AI threat to delayed exits

Private credit managers happy to extend loan holding periods may find new technologies will wait for no one.