A growing share of institutional investors plan to raise allocations to emerging markets private credit over the next two years, despite persistent concerns over risk and limited current exposure, according to a report by Reuters citing a new survey by Gemcorp.
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is preparing to divest as much as $2bn of private credit holdings, turning to the secondary market as institutional investors increasingly use portfolio sales to actively manage exposure to alternative assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Default rates across private credit markets have climbed back to their highest level in the short history of a key industry benchmark from Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), underscoring growing pressure across the $1.8tn direct lending sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone is expanding its presence in asset-based finance with the launch of a dedicated platform focused on lending secured by physical collateral such as equipment, inventory, and other hard assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The European Central Bank has expanded its examination of banks’ links to the private credit sector, widening the scope of its supervisory review amid growing concerns about transparency and risk aggregation across the industry, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US companies rushed to tap debt markets on Monday, raising more than $40bn as improving geopolitical sentiment and supportive financial conditions encouraged a wave of issuance across investment-grade and leveraged credit, according to a report by Bloomberg.
BlackRock has limited investor withdrawals from its $13bn HPS Corporate Lending Fund for a second consecutive quarter, after redemption requests continued to exceed the amount the fund is able to return under its liquidity framework, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Muzinich & Co has secured more than €1.3bn ($1.5bn) in commitments for its third pan-European private debt fund, as the manager sees growing participation from both European and Asian institutional investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has challenged the conclusions of a recent Columbia Business School paper that raised concerns about the growing use of private ratings in US life insurers’ portfolios, arguing that the study overstates both the scale of the issue and its implications for regulatory capital adequacy.
Ares Management Corporation has said that recent redemption requests from one of its private credit funds were largely driven by investors outside the United States and were concentrated among smaller institutions and family offices, rather than broad-based institutional selling, according to a report by Reuters.
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