Institutional Investors

Private Debt Investor

The AI threat to delayed exits

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

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Private Debt Investor

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.

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Private Debt Investor

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?

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Financial Times

Blue Owl’s clever private-to-public deal makes investors see red

The private capital firm has cancelled a planned merger between two affiliates that lend to middle-market companies

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Private Debt Investor

IFC proposes $60m commitment to private debt

The Washington-based government-related investment organisation is backing Allianz Global Investors.

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Private Debt Investor

Arini secures $2.3bn for direct lending fund second close

The firm’s first direct lending fund will focus on the less competitive, non-sponsored market.

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Bloomberg

Private Equity’s $700 Billion Insurance Invasion Brings New Risks for Retirees

Private equity firms are using insurers’ money to drive their deals, raising concerns that US retirees’ savings are being exposed to new risks.

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Bloomberg

Blue Owl Money Machine Sputters in Face of Private Credit Cracks

Blue Owl Capital Inc.’s Craig Packer has been something of a mainstay on the New York Stock Exchange in recent years, ringing the opening bell multiple times to toast the private credit...

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