North America

Blackstone is creating a private credit secondaries unit

President and COO Jon Gray sees 2025 as busiest year for secondaries deployment.

The next phase of private credit is about access, not scale

The industry’s biggest challenge is to widen access to private credit for both investors and borrowers, writes Jackson Square’s Timothy Alexander.

BlackRock: Family offices increasing private debt allocation in 2025-26

Low loss performance, low distributions from PE and willingness to trade liquidity for yield bringing family offices off the sidelines.

Guardian, Janus Henderson close strategic partnership

New York-London partnership closes less than three months after initial agreement, in latest union between an asset manager and an insurer.

MSCI: Private credit returns outpace PE in Q1 2025

Senior direct lending’s return outpaced MSCI’s high-yield bond and IG corporate bond indexes in Q1.

Italian private debt on the rise

Private debt is increasing its importance as a source of financing in Italy. Vieri Betti Guaraldi of Houlihan Lokey explains why.

Infrastructure Investor Debt 30 2025: Weathering strong headwinds

A challenging fundraising environment last year was felt by infrastructure debt GPs, resulting in some re-shuffling but also the emergence of new entrants.

How infra debt investors are powering past the headwinds

Those looking to shield their projects from the increasing politicisation of the energy transition may just need to stick out the tougher rhetoric – or look to Europe for new opportunities.

ESG: From loud declarations to subtle integration

It may be less publicly discussed in this political climate, but the subject has not disappeared as a key part of risk management.