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Bloomberg
December 3, 2025

The Bank of England Is Fueling a Party It Doesn’t Want

The Bank of England is rewarding lenders for their expanding role in financing hedge funds, private credit firms and other “shadow banking” players by cutting their capital demands. This creates ... The...

Europe Institutional Investors
Bloomberg
December 3, 2025

Private-Credit Fears Are Based on Four Myths

In Charles MacKay’s 1841 book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, he highlights how mass human behavior can lead to irrationality: ‘They go mad in herds while they ... Private-Credit...

Direct Lending Institutional Investors Investor Education
Bloomberg
November 11, 2025

The Private Credit Sales Pitch Is Getting Much Tougher to Make

Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it’s us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on ... The...

Cautionary Direct Lending Institutional Allocations Institutional Investors
Bloomberg
November 19, 2025

Private Credit Becomes Core as JPMorgan Rethinks 60/40 Model

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s asset management arm is pitching private markets as essential ballast to investor portfolios amid stretched stock valuations and unreliable bond hedges.

Direct Lending Institutional Allocations
Bloomberg
November 17, 2025

Jeffrey Gundlach Warns of ‘Garbage Lending’ as Private Credit Booms

In markets awash in “garbage lending” and unhealthy valuations, Jeffrey Gundlach is keeping his strategy simple: load up on cash and stay away from private credit.

Cautionary Direct Lending For Fund Managers
Bloomberg
November 6, 2025

Private Credit Titans Defend Track Record as Earnings Land Soft

For the first time since a war of words erupted over the risks in private credit in the wake of high-profile collapses, investors are getting hard figures on the state ... Private...

Direct Lending Institutional Investors
Bloomberg
November 27, 2025

Private Credit Firm Permira Eyes Takeover of German Tour Company

Private credit lender Permira Credit is in advanced talks to take over German tour operator Berge & Meer, according to the company, another sign of the growing trend of direct ... Private...

Direct Lending Europe Institutional Investors
Bloomberg
December 2, 2025

General Atlantic Secures Private Loan to Fund Chicken Chain Deal

General Atlantic Service Company LP has secured a private credit loan from Ares Management Corp. and Nomura Holdings Inc. to finance its acquisition of a stake in Australian chicken chain ... General...

Direct Lending Institutional Investors M&A Activity
Bloomberg
November 26, 2025

BlackRock Stumbles in Asia Private Credit Push, Forcing Rethink

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, had big ambitions for Asia’s private credit market.

Asia-Pacific Direct Lending Institutional Investors
Bloomberg
December 2, 2025

Tom Steyer’s Investment Firm Fills a Private Credit Niche

The private credit market stands at roughly $1.7 trillion, and investor interest in it is only intensifying. Venture debt is one area of the market that hasn’t seen boom times, ... Tom...

ESG/Sustainable Credit Fundraising Trends Institutional Investors

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