private credit

Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) raised roughly $30 billion in new capital in the first quarter, a company record that signals big investors are still allocating to private credit despite months of skeptical commentary about the space. Ares credit business accounted for the largest share of the quarter...

Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL) disclosed that it trimmed its SpaceX stake by roughly half, with the sale priced off a $1.25 trillion valuation. Co-CEO Marc Lipschultz said the partial exit locked in a substantial gain while allowing the firm to retain its remaining stake. Lipschultz told analysts...

The private‑credit market has hit a rough patch in recent months, with weakening investor sentiment and rising redemption requests at non‑traded business development companies (BDCs) signaling mounting stress. Michael Lebowitz, a portfolio manager at RIA Advisors, believes that the "chaos and bad...

As strains in the private credit market intensify, Jim Cramer is warning that private equity firms may be forced to sell assets at less-than-ideal prices to stay ahead of a deepening crunch. The veteran market commentator and former hedge fund manager took to X.com to say that the private credit "...

JPMorganChase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon made comments during the Norges Bank Investment Management Conference, warning that when a private credit cycle hits, it could be "worse than expected." Dimon added that while major private credit firms like KKR, Carlyle, Blackstone, and Ares may...

Dawson Partners is opening a Hong Kong office as the investment manager looks to expand its private markets platform into Asia. The new office is intended to function as a regional base focused on investor engagement and capital-raising activity, the firm wrote in a press release.  The firm is...

“When you see one cockroach, there are probably more.” Six words from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon last October pulled $500 billion out of the alternative asset complex.  Since the start of the year, shares of major asset managers including  Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX), ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to include Silver Rock Capital Partners’ full name throughout the story. Silver Rock Capital Partners (SRCP) has closed on $4 billion in investable commitments for its latest Tactical Allocation Strategy, the company’s largest capital raise to...

Investors in a Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL) fund tendered less than 1% of their shares to Saba Capital Management, led by Boaz Weinstein and Cox Capital Partners, despite the firms' offer to purchase the stakes at a considerable markdown. Shares in Blue Owl Capital Corp. II, one of the firm's...

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) announced the first close of its Allianz Asia Pacific Infrastructure Credit Fund, with $270 million in commitments. This new fund complements AllianzGI's existing Asia Pacific secured lending business and is designed for institutional investors seeking debt...

KKR & Co. (NYSE:KKR) and Capital Group are working on the launch of a public-private credit fund. The fund, which will be launched in Asia this year, will target both public and private investments as a ‘'more liquid, cheaper, and more transparent" option, Capital Group chief executive officer...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is ramping up its strategy to funnel "tens of billions" into loans originated by its commercial banking arm. Executives George Gatch and Bob Michele said the firm is in talks with institutional investors to raise capital and has already secured some commitments,...

CVC Credit closed its Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) fund with $1 billion in commitments.  The capital raised from CLO Equity IV is designed to back roughly $15 billion of global CLO issuance tied to CVC Credit's Liquid Credit platform, the company stated. The firm said the strategy will take...

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) executives expressed confidence in the private credit market during their Q1 2026 earnings call, aiming to reassure investors and ease concerns. The private credit sector has been under fire in recent weeks as investors are concerned about default risks, high interest rates,...

Blackstone's private credit fund, BCRED, is marketing an $850 million investment-grade bond deal, according to Bloomberg. The move comes as business development companies (BDCs) step up borrowing following a stretch of limited issuance. BCRED was looking to raise $500 million from the investment-...