Private Debt News: Weekly News and Insights

Private Debt News Weekly Issue #70: Fundraising Freeze, Vintage Warnings, and Uncomfortable Truths

Record 23-month raises expose capital exhaustion while industry veterans openly question default statistics

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September 2025

Private Debt News Weekly Issue #69: Default Denial, Investment-Grade Dreams, and the Bank Comeback

Stable default rates mask payment deferrals while private credit chases blue-chip deals and banks reclaim $20 billion in M&A financing

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #68: Stress Signals Flash Red, Regulators Circle, and Banks Fight Back

Warning lights blink across the $1.7 trillion market as defaults rise and PIK usage hits dangerous levels

Sep 21 • 

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #67: The Great Pivot, NAV Creep, and Distressed Dawn

Banks lose deals to private credit while leverage spreads into every corner of private markets

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #66: Secondaries Surge, Geographic Expansion, and Distribution Wars

Credit firms expand globally while liquidity pressure drives record secondary volumes

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #65: Secondaries Surge, Regulatory Ghosts, and Boozy Collateral

Continuation funds hit record volumes while UK regulators warn of 2008 parallels

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August 2025

Private Debt News Weekly Issue #64: AI Bubble Warnings, Fox Hedge Wizardry, and India's Credit Rush

Credit pours into AI infrastructure while executives warn of dot-com parallels and profit failures

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #63: Stress Signals, Student Loans, and Soccer Finance

PIK usage hits four-year highs while lenders chase football transfers and federal funding gaps

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #62: Investment Grade Dreams, Defense Dollars, and Distribution Wars

Private credit expands into blue-chip deals while adapting to changing market conditions

Aug 9 • 

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #61: Liquid Wrappers, Illiquid Assets, Infinite Problems

Retail experiments show mixed results while institutional capital flows remain strong

Aug 2 • 

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July 2025

Private Debt News Weekly Issue #60: Expansion Fatigue, Refinancing Reality, and the Asia Bet

Private credit chases retirement savings and crypto yields while borrowers defer cash payments

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #59: Retail Invades, Banks Retaliate, and Valuation Gets Weird

401(k)s, tokens, and lawsuit bait. Private credit’s newest frontier is the average investor.

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