Private Debt News: Weekly News and Insights

Private Credit News Weekly Issue #99: DOJ Knocks on TCPC. The Marks Are Breaking.

Federal prosecutors are now asking BlackRock how it valued its loans. FSK needed $300 million. Apollo wants out of MFIC. The cycle has arrived.

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Private Credit News Weekly Issue #98: Weinstein Bet on Panic. Blue Owl Investors Didn't Bite.

Less than 1% of Blue Owl investors took Weinstein's discounted exit. PIMCO says returns are heading to 4-5% anyway.

May 4

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April 2026

Private Credit News Weekly Issue #97: The 5 Things You Need to Monitor

Capital markets reopen for BDCs as PIMCO backstops Blue Owl, but Medallia and Affordable Care defaults expose what's coming

Apr 26

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Private Credit News Weekly Issue #96: Banks Tighten the Screws, $770 Billion in Stress, and Private Equity Has It Worse

Back leverage costs are rising, disclosure demands are growing, and the real reckoning may not be in credit at all

Apr 17

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Private Credit News Weekly Issue #95: The Short Sellers Arrive, the Maturity Wall Looms, and Europe Smells Blood

A new CDX index, $330 billion in tech debt coming due, and the quiet winners of a market in distress

Apr 11

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Private Credit News Weekly Issue #94: Blue Owl Breaks, CLOs Surge, and Banks Start Counting

The redemption numbers just got significantly worse. Here's what they actually mean.

Apr 3

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March 2026

Private Credit News Weekly Issue #93: The Liquidity Fiction Comes Due

Semi-liquid structures face their first real test, Cliffwater emerges as the industry's most precarious position, and Apollo waits with a bid

Mar 28

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Private Credit News Weekly Issue #92: BCRED Posts First Loss in Three Years, Banks Rethink Leverage Terms

Direct lenders split into believers and realists as redemptions breach caps, European stress surfaces, and asset-backed finance emerges as the exit…

Mar 22

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Private Credit News Weekly Issue #91: The Redemption Wave Goes Systemic as Blue Owl Burns and Contagion Spreads

Cliffwater, Morgan Stanley, and BlackRock hit structural limits simultaneously while Jefferies faces lawsuits and Apollo bets transparency can save the…

Mar 15

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Private Credit News Weekly Issue #90: Blue Owl Finances Software While BlackRock Gates, PIMCO Predicts Full Default Cycle

Direct lenders split into believers and realists as redemptions breach caps, European stress surfaces, and asset-backed finance emerges as the exit…

Mar 9

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February 2026

Private Credit News Weekly Issue #89: Blue Owl Sells $1.4 Billion to Own Insurance Unit, Weinstein Swoops at 35% Discount

When redemptions hit, one lender sold loans to itself while an activist offers to buy shares at steep markdown to book value

Feb 21

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Private Credit News Weekly Issue #88: Software Exposure Hidden in Plain Sight, Bad PIK Hits 6.4%, and Apollo Trades $10 Billion

Bloomberg finds $9 billion in software loans misclassified across major BDCs as deferred interest climbs and trading infrastructure expands

Feb 16

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