US insurance regulators have scaled back proposed oversight measures for credit rating agencies assessing insurers’ private debt investments following opposition from industry participants, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Approximately 75% of insurers plan to increase their allocations to private markets over the next 12 months, despite rising government bond yields and growing scrutiny of private credit markets, according to a BlackRock survey reported by the Financial Times.
Gaw Capital Partners is seeking to refinance a HKD14.4bn loan secured against 16 shopping centres in Hong Kong, while negotiating lower borrowing costs amid an uneven recovery in the city’s retail property market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global private credit assets under management increased 17% year-on-year to $4.1tn in 2025, with signs of credit deterioration remaining concentrated in specific sectors rather than across the wider market, according to research from the Alternative Credit Council (ACC) reported by Bloomberg.
Partners Group-backed EyeCare Partners is nearing an agreement with creditors that could reduce its approximately $2bn debt burden by as much as $400m through asset sales and discounted repayments, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone has led a $300m private credit financing package backing Arlington Capital Partners’ take-private acquisition of UK aerospace and defence components manufacturer Gooch & Housego, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone expects widening credit spreads on AI infrastructure debt to create opportunities for higher investment returns, even as its third-quarter realisations fell 34% amid weaker dealmaking activity, according to a report by Reuters.
A sharp deterioration in CoreWeave’s debt valuations has raised concerns over private credit’s growing exposure to AI infrastructure financing, with the company’s borrowing costs climbing to distressed levels amid mounting investor scrutiny, according to a report by Reuters.
Virginia Retirement System has committed $300m to Castlelake Asset-Based Private Credit IV, the US investment manager’s latest asset-based lending vehicle, according to a report by IPE Real Assets citing pension fund board documents.
Permira has agreed to sell credit intelligence provider Octus to London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) for $3.5bn in cash, marking a significant exit for the private equity firm amid growing demand for private credit data and analytics, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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