Barings has become the latest firm to limit withdrawals from a private credit fund, capping shareholder redemptions from the $4.9bn Barings Private Credit Corp (BPCC) at 5% after first-quarter requests surged to 11.3%, according to a report by Reuters.
PE buyout activity fell sharply in the first quarter of 2026, as dealmakers grappled with uncertainty in technology markets and geopolitical tensions. Firms completed acquisitions worth $172bn in Q1, a 36% decline from the previous quarter and an 8% drop from the same period last year, according to Dealogic.
Private credit major Blue Owl Capital saw its shares fall to a record low on Monday, extending a multi-week slide driven by growing unease over the $1.8tn private credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Goldman Sachs’ reliance on longer-term institutional investors has helped its $15.7bn private credit fund weather the retail-driven withdrawals affecting much of the sector this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Buyout firm Energy Capital Partners is set to re-acquire nuclear services provider EnergySolutions from TriArtisan Capital Advisors, in a deal valued at around $2bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Anthropic is planning a $200m investment in a new venture with leading private-equity firms, including General Atlantic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman, aimed at deploying AI tools across their portfolio companies, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
CVC DIF, a global mid-market infrastructure equity fund manager, with €23bn across two strategies, has appointed Enrico Del Prete as a partner and co-head of the firm’s Value-Add strategy, marking an important milestone for the continued development of the platform.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has cautioned that losses in private credit may be larger than anticipated, even as he downplayed the risk of a systemic crisis in the $1.8tn sector, according to a report by The Times.
Blue Owl has moved to limit withdrawals from two of its funds after receiving elevated redemption requests in the first quarter, as investor sentiment towards private credit – particularly technology-focused strategies – weakened, according to a report by Reuters.
Middle-market private equity firm Argand Partners has promoted Gerald Lizzo to Vice President. Lizzo originally joined the firm in 2023 as an Associate and was subsequently elevated to Senior Associate in April 2025.
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