Direct lending

UBS Asset Management: ‘Terms are competitive, but there are still great transactions’

Convergence in the upper mid-market is creating opportunities, say Kevin Lawi and Christopher Kempton of the Credit Investments Group, UBS Asset Management (formerly Credit Suisse Asset Management).

Five key themes for US investors

Differentiation has become the buzzword as institutional LPs look to build out their private credit strategies.

Barings on the next six months in direct lending

Bryan High, head of Barings’ Global Private Finance Group, reveals where he sees direct lending heading in the rest of 2024.

Churchill Asset Management: Direct lending is where LPs should be focused

Global trends are less of an issue in the traditional mid-market, say Churchill Asset Management’s Randy Schwimmer and Derek Fricke.

US private credit on the brink of a rebound

All the signs show that the tide is beginning to turn.

TRS of Louisiana’s private credit allocation could triple for fiscal year 2025

Teachers Retirement System plans to allocate as much as $1.2bn for distressed debt and direct lending.

Blackstone registers multi-asset credit fund with SEC

The interval fund seeks to invest across the manager’s credit platform.

Houlihan Lokey: Prices up and spreads, yields down in Q2

Slow M&A activity has increased competition among lenders for scarce deals.