Private Credit Faces Reckoning Over SaaS Exposure and Surging Redemption Pressures
Private credit has dominated the headlines this week as concerns over investment quality reach a boiling point. Recent product releases from AI research labs like Anthropic have reignited...
Private Equity Posted Record Deal Value in 2025, but Distributions and Fundraising Signal Persistent Stress
Bain released its 2026 Global Private Equity Report last week, showing that private equity posted its second-best year ever in 2025 based on headline...
Clearlake Capital’s Pretium Packaging Files Chapter 11, Shedding $900M Debt
Kirkland & Ellis Resigns Optimum Mandate Amid Creditor Antitrust Suit Pressure
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Subscribe →Private Equity Sponsors Leverage Collateralized Fund Obligations Amid Regulatory Shifts
Last week, Vista Equity Partners tapped Goldman Sachs to arrange a roughly $1 billion collateralized fund obligation (CFO) backed by stakes in its private...
EQT Weighs Acquisitions of Coller Capital, HarbourVest, Pantheon to Bolster Secondaries
As part of efforts to build out the firm’s secondaries business, Bloomberg reports that EQT is now actively considering possible acquisitions of scaled...
Apollo and Arctos Bolster Sports Investment Capabilities with New Platforms
Sports investment continued its maturation last week with a pair of new launches from Apollo Global Management and Arctos Partners: Apollo with a dedicated...
Private Equity-Backed STG Logistics Faces Lender Challenge Over Liability Management
Oaktree Capital Management and Wind Point Partners portfolio company STG Logistics has become the latest test case for how far sponsors and majority lenders...
Insurer-Backed Notes Reshape Private Credit Funding Landscape
Led by Athene, Apollo Global Management’s in‑house insurer, funding agreement‑backed notes are re-emerging as a primary funding source for private credit....