All Private Debt articles – Page 4
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White papersPrivate Markets Outlook 1H 2026: Balancing Opportunity and Complexity
As private markets continue to evolve, investors face an expanding range of opportunities and risks.
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VideoMike Freno on Bloomberg TV
Chairman and CEO Mike Freno joined Bloomberg’s Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld at the Milken Institute Global Conference for a discussion on market volatility, private credit and how Barings is positioned as client needs continue to evolve.
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White papersIn a fractured private credit market, senior housing stands apart
Recent issues involving semi-liquid direct-lending vehicles have brought negative attention to private credit. For institutional investors, the takeaway isn’t to dismiss the asset class entirely, but rather to recognize that private credit encompasses a range of opportunities that differ in quality and characteristics and not all strategies are created equal.
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White papersInfrastructure Debt: A Compelling Private Credit Portfolio Addition
Updating existing infrastructure and building new assets to accommodate increased mobility, digitalization and the continued transition to new and cleaner sources of energy will require $106 trillion in funding by 2040, according to McKinsey estimates. With government budgets stressed, private capital — including debt capital—will be necessary to meet this goal.
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White papersIncome-generating real estate strategies in an uncertain world
In a risk-averse macro environment, investors are prioritising income stability. LaSalle Investment Management’s debt and core equity leaders across Europe and North America discuss where and how capital can be deployed to target reliable returns.
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White papersWhen lending starts to look like equity
Private credit has rarely attracted as much attention as it does today, with increasing scrutiny around how risk is building across the asset class.
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White papersOut of distress comes opportunity: The return to office credit
We believe significant dislocation in office lending has created compelling opportunities for investors. Today’s market presents the potential to achieve income-driven, equity-like returns by primarily investing in senior first mortgage loans secured by quality U.S. office properties and supported by robust credit metrics.
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VideoPrivate Credit: From Niche Holding to Portfolio Pillar
Private credit’s been on quite a journey over the past 15 to 20 years. If I look back around on the GFC, it was really a niche asset class. You fast forward to today, it has gone from a niche allocation in investor portfolios to a core part of their portfolio.
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White papersQ1 2026 Private Credit Quarterly Review and Outlook
In our latest quarterly review and outlook, MetLife Investment Management explores how private credit markets delivered resilient performance amid a more volatile macro environment, with stable spreads, strong origination activity and continued investor demand for high-quality, well-structured assets.
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White papersPrivate assets: a new return architecture
In the 2010s, private equity returns were largely driven by multiple expansion and financial leverage — both of which are likely to be structurally impaired going forward. The 2026–2035 decade requires a return architecture to be built on several pillars: income yield (contractual coupons, regulated returns, rental income), real earnings and cash flow growth (operational value creation, sector tailwinds), and selective illiquidity and complexity premia over liquid equivalents.
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White papersInvesting across the AI supercycle
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technology story — it is a capital cycle reshaping how economies are built, financed, and powered for decades to come. Nuveen’s latest paper makes the case for why the AI supercycle demands a cross-asset approach, spanning equities, credit, private markets, and real assets, and explains how investors can align growth, income, and inflation protection objectives across the full AI value chain. If you’re thinking about how to position portfolios for what comes next, this is an essential read. Explore the full paper here.
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White papersPrivate Credit and BDCs: Why the Sell-Off Tells an Incomplete Story
We believe the private credit market is much more diverse—and resilient—than the recent focus on corporate direct lending and BDCs would suggest.
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White papersLending standards hold steady, with early easing at large banks
The Federal Reserve’s newly released Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey for April reinforces our view that the CRE lending environment is stable and, in fact, selectively easing, even amid a more volatile macro backdrop. While the headline result points to largely unchanged lending standards, the underlying detail tells a more constructive story.
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White papersStructure, not risk, driving US and European private credit divergence
Recent private credit repricing within the software sector has prompted wider questions about the asset class. However, amidst this repricing, the European market has proven far more resilient than the US. Why has this been the case? We suggest the answer lies in the structural, not risk-based differences that exist between these markets.
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White papersThe relationship advantage of middle market credit
Not all private credit is created equal, and right now that distinction matters more than ever. In the latest installment of The Lead Left, Churchill’s Randy Schwimmer breaks down why the middle market’s relationship-driven structure offers a fundamentally different risk and return profile than upper market lending, and what rising PIK loans, non-accruals, and sector concentration signals mean for manager selection today. Explore the full insights here.
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VideoPrivate Credit Roundtable (3/3): Where AI-driven infrastructure is creating credit opportunities
As AI drives demand for datacenter infrastructure, new opportunities are emerging across private credit. Our panel examines how this buildout could influence the market in the final episode of the private credit roundtable series.
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VideoPrivate Credit Roundtable (2/3): How investors are assessing today’s credit cycle
Recent defaults have raised questions about the state of the credit cycle. In part 2 of the private credit roundtable series, our investors discuss whether these are early warning signs or simply pockets of dislocation.
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VideoPrivate Credit Roundtable (1/3): What the return of banks means for investors
As banks begin to re-enter the market, what does it signal for private credit? In part 1 of the private credit roundtable series, our panel explores where this is happening and the potential implications for investors.
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White papersCLOs: Opportunity Amid Growing Dispersion
Dispersion and volatility have reshaped relative value across the CLO market. Structural protections and floating‑rate exposure remain supportive, but outcomes increasingly depend on credit underwriting, manager discipline and an ability to navigate a more selective opportunity set.
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Asset Manager NewsMohari Hospitality and Generali Real Estate complete refinancing of The Four Seasons Madrid at Centro Canalejas
With total financing proceeds of 330 million euro, it is one of the largest single-asset financing deals completed in Spain.
