A song’s peak value is likely just after an album’s release, followed by a rapid decline, with potential spikes after a concert tour or a television appearance.

The majority of LPs remain broadly committed to private credit, with most expecting to maintain their current allocations, according to Coller Capital’s Global Private Capital Barometer.

The best assets draw fierce competition from lenders, while a backlog of companies struggle to find buyers.

The new owners are investing $150 million of capital in the company as part of the transaction.

Big lenders have pulled back from financing software buyouts amid investor concerns about AI’s threat to the sector.

Brookfield Asset Management provided committed financing for the deal, including the preferred equity, and is looking to syndicate some of the preferred equity to other private credit investors.

For a second consecutive quarter, survey respondents said the greatest challenge for private credit was the negative perception of the asset class.

PitchBook’s inaugural Private Credit League Tables, covering Q1 2026, are now available in an interactive format.

The acquisition’s two-step financing process involves both banks and direct lenders.

Elevated market volatility, geopolitical uncertainty, and heightened redemptions in retail products have slowed dealmaking.

Under watch are buyouts of software businesses that closed in 2021-22. So far, losses and defaults have not accelerated meaningfully, but many at the SuperReturn International conference expect they will.

The fund marks a significant boost from the firm’s prior vehicle, which closed at €10 billion in 2024.

The tie-up with Broadcom is another example of lenders looking to more nebulous, tricky-to-value collateral.

Attendees at SuperReturn conference in Berlin are told institutional support for the asset class ‘remains rock solid.’

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.

This analyst note applies desmoothing techniques to evergreen fund indexes to help allocators better interpret volatility and risk in evergreen funds across private capital strategies.

As a share of total interest income, PIK interest income slipped to 8.2%, its lowest level since Q4 2023.

Total commitments across the programme reached €5.5B, including €1B from private wealth capital.