Direct Lending

Large-cap managers at PitchBook LCD’s London breakfast briefing said they are competing through creativity rather than looser terms.

Speaking at the CAIS conference in LA this week, the head of the $23.8B lender spoke out against maneuvers being employed to mask the health of credit portfolios.

The European Private Credit Monitor provides a high-level view of private credit market activity. Topics covered include counts and estimated volume, spread distribution and leverage.

The US Private Credit Monitor provides a high-level view of private credit market activity. Topics covered include estimated volume and counts, spread distribution, syndicated and direct lending takeouts, and middle market CLO issuance.

European dealmakers left the IPEM conference in Paris split on what the rest of the year holds for the market.

The Q3 2026 US Evergreen Fund Landscape report covers the rapid rise of evergreen funds, providing data and insights on assets, flows, returns, and more.

EQT has acquired a majority stake in the UK-based firm from Warburg Pincus.

Partners Group last month said it entered into exclusivity to acquire Aroma-Zone from Eurazeo.

The European Private Credit Monitor provides a high-level view of private credit market activity. Topics covered include counts and estimated volume, spread distribution and leverage.

The US Private Credit Monitor provides a high-level view of private credit market activity. Topics covered include estimated volume and counts, spread distribution, syndicated and direct lending takeouts, and middle market CLO issuance.

Ares Management is in talks to take the keys to Charles Taylor in a debt-for-equity swap.

The most recent European direct lending data shows a boost in deal count and estimated volume.

The European Private Credit Monitor provides a high-level view of private credit market activity. Topics covered include counts and estimated volume, spread distribution and leverage.

Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR all formed strategic partnerships with NVIDIA to establish independent financing platforms.

SLR’s Michael Gross says lenders may have to throw historic recovery data out the window.

The US Private Credit Monitor provides a high-level view of private credit market activity. Topics covered include estimated volume and counts, spread distribution, syndicated and direct lending takeouts, and middle market CLO issuance.

Advances in AI have changed the game for software businesses, Hayfin’s Marc Chowrimootoo tells LCD.

The company was marketed on EBITDA of roughly €80 million.