The non-accruals included several consumer-facing and animal-care businesses.

In Q1, Carlyle Credit Solutions’ investors tendered roughly 4.8% of shares.

The Proskauer Private Credit Default Index tracks US senior secured and unitranche loans, including 716 loans representing $195.6 billion in original principal amount.

A potential tie-up with Leonard Green & Partners would help the listed giant expand a relatively small PE footprint and boost its fee-paying AUM.

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

The firm’s overall credit business ended Q2 with $84 billion in dry powder, nearly a third higher than at the start of the quarter.

Deal volume for credit secondaries transactions reached $20 billion in H1 2026.

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

Lenders are monetizing assets whose keys they took during the pandemic and negotiating hard to prepare themselves for the future.

Of the roughly 5,000 companies held by BDCs at the end of March, 10.6% of them showed signs of credit pressure, according to LCD’s analysis of more than 170 BDCs.

The lower middle market is attracting interest from private credit due to its steady deal flow, wider spreads and lower exposure to software.

Lender Runway Growth Finance restructured its $31.9 million senior term loan to Blueshift into a new $18.5 million second-lien term loan to BlueConic, according to a July 14 company statement.

Some continuation vehicles have managed to transact at headline premiums to par, but other processes are being pulled entirely after weak reception.

PitchBook LCD’s quarterly analysis highlights the headwinds BDCs now face, evident in the headline numbers and the trends behind them.

Warning Signs: Non-accruals, PIK discounts, and distress rise across top BDCs analyzes the underlying portfolios of the 12 largest publicly traded BDCs over the last six quarters through Q1 2026. Drawing on this portfolio data, our analysis highlights the headwinds these BDCs now face, evident in both the headline numbers and the trends behind them.

Synthetic risk transfers are being used across a range of transactions.

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.

In the past year, more than half of ratings discontinuations related to sponsor exits were attributable to strategic buyers or IPOs, according to DBRS.