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Apollo tilts further towards private credit as buyout unit is broken up

Apollo has shifted its complex lending unit out of its buyout division, in a move to double down on private credit.

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ts2.tech

Ares Management (ARES) Soars on S&P 500 Inclusion: Latest Stock News, Q3 2025 Results and 2026 Forecast

Ares Management (ARES) Soars on S&P 500 Inclusion: Latest Stock News, Q3 2025 Results and 2026 Forecast – TechStock²

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TradingView

Fitch Ratings: North American 2026 Leverage Finance Outlook Neutral

Related Content: North American Leveraged Finance Outlook 2026Fitch Ratings-New York-10 December 2025: Fitch Ratings’ 2026 sector outlook for North American Leveraged Finance is neutral, reflecting broadly steady credit conditions across liquid markets...

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Finextra Research

AIR raises $6.1m to modernise private credit ratings with AI

AI-powered credit intelligence platform AIR has raised $6.1 million in a seed funding round co-led by Work-Bench Ventures and Lerer Hippeau.

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PitchBook

Mega-deals propel US direct lending volume – PitchBook

The November US Private Credit Monitor report showed that direct lending is running at its hottest pace since Q2 2024.

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simplywall.st

Is Blackstone (BX) Using AI And Infrastructure Deals To Reframe Its Private Credit Risk Story?

Recently, Blackstone’s CEO Stephen Schwarzman pushed back on concerns that private credit fueled recent auto-sector bankruptcies, while the firm was also reported to be in advanced talks to buy utility-parts maker MacLean...

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TradingView

BX: AI-driven infrastructure, private credit, and wealth channels fuel growth amid resilient markets

Resilient economic trends and the AI CapEx cycle are driving strong investment activity, with major focus on data centers, energy, and private credit. Wealth and real estate channels show growth potential, while...

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WTVB

US private credit defaults to ease in 2026, but fragility to persist, says BofA

By Niket Nishant Dec 9 (Reuters) – Private credit defaults are set to edge lower next year as interest rates drop, strategists at BofA Global Research said, but warned that the ‍red-hot...

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Forbes

Blue Owl Capital Is A Tangled Web

I wonder whether the complexity of Blue Owl’s structure, the inherent opacity of publicly traded private credit and stress to their AI business is priced in their valuations.

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PitchBook

Agencies rescind 2013 leveraged loan guidelines that helped spur private credit boom – PitchBook

So far, private credit market participants say the threat to their market share is slim, particularly among deals in the core middle market and below.

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