Archive - Private Debt News: Weekly News and Insights

Private Debt News Weekly Issue #56: Meta’s Megadeal, ETF Cracks, and the Pushback on Liquidity

The system keeps expanding, but private credit’s quiet fragilities are getting harder to ignore

Jun 28 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #55: Insurance-Fueled Euphoria, Dequity Creep, and the Foreign Exit

Private credit powers on—with cheaper funding, overseas capital flight, and rising structural risk in plain sight

Jun 22 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #54: Gundlach’s Warning, Private Credit’s Retail Creep, and the Return of Second-Lien Sizzle

The Bond King says it’s a bubble, cooperation agreements may be illegal, and private credit is propping up private equity’s pause

Jun 14 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #53: Europe’s Moment, Continuation Creep, and the Rating You Can’t Trust

Private credit doubles down on Europe, rolls old loans into new funds, and starts calling out the elephant in the ratings room

Jun 8 •

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May 2025

Private Debt News Weekly Issue #52: Everyone Wants In, No One Wants to Blink

The Fed wakes up, Apollo wants daily pricing, and retail still doesn’t get it

May 31 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #51: Too Much Capital, Not Enough Conviction

Spreads tighten, mega-deals return, and secondary markets stir as private credit runs into its own success.

May 25 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #50: Beneath the Boom, Restructurings Rise and Retail Moves In

Defaults creep higher, retirement capital floods in, and the smartest credit capital rotates toward structure, liquidity, and control.

May 19 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #49: Creditors Turn on Each Other as Banks Reboot, Retail Demands Transparency

Tropicana exposes private credit’s civil war, Europe becomes the new frontier, and Wall Street banks learn to share the table.

May 11 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #48: Hedge Funds Bet Against Private Credit as PIK Usage Surges and Valuations Strain

Shorts pile into direct lenders, cash flows disappear, and retail money keeps flowing as the market tiptoes toward a reckoning.

May 5 •

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April 2025

Private Debt News Weekly Issue #47: Cash Flow Erodes, Defaults Rise, and Private Credit Faces a Reality Check

Free cash flow collapses, valuations stay frozen, and secondaries explode as the market braces for its next phase.

Apr 27 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #46: ETF Hype Fades, Retail Turns Cautious, and Asset-Based Lending Takes Over

Private credit flows stall, BDCs slide, and Coller breaks records as the market pivots to structure, liquidity, and secondaries.

Apr 20 •

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Private Debt News Weekly Issue #45: Tariff Turmoil Shakes Debt Markets, Private Credit Circles ‘Hung’ Bank Deals

Volatility stalls $12B+ in financings, while private credit firms grab deals, mark risk, and reprice the playbook.

Apr 10 •

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