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.
Ares Management Corporation has raised a combined $12.7bn across its Pathfinder closed-end strategy and related vehicles, underscoring strong institutional demand for asset-based finance (ABF), and reinforcing the firm’s position as one of the largest managers in the rapidly expanding segment.
A new academic study from Columbia Business School has raised concerns that a growing portion of the $1.8tn private credit market may be supported by credit ratings that materially understate underlying risk, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global asset managers, including BlackRock and Apollo Global Management struck a confident tone on private credit at Bloomberg’s Invest Hong Kong conference, pushing back against recent concerns over defaults and liquidity pressures in the sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Apollo Global Management portfolio company Shutterfly has revised terms on a key debt refinancing package as investor concerns over artificial intelligence disruption and weak financial performance continue to pressure parts of the credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Life insurers backed by major alternative asset managers including KKR and Apollo Global Management, are significantly increasing their exposure to private credit and other illiquid assets, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing new analysis from Moody’s Ratings.
Blue Owl Capital is opening a new office in Abu Dhabi, reinforcing its presence in the Gulf region as global private credit managers continue to deepen ties with sovereign wealth capital despite ongoing geopolitical tensions, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Apollo Global Management and Blackstone have completed a $35bn financing package to support artificial intelligence infrastructure for Anthropic, marking one of the largest private credit transactions ever executed, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blue Owl Capital has raised $500m through an investment-grade bond issuance linked to one of its private credit vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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