52% of Retirement Savers Want Private Credit Access
TL;DR: More than half of US workplace retirement plan participants, 52%, say they would invest in private equity and private debt if their plan offered them, according to the Schroders 2026 US Retire…
What Is Private Credit and Why Should Americans Care?
TL;DR: The Center for American Progress says the Trump administration's proposal to encourage retirement plan investment in private credit and other alternatives ignores shadow banking's role in the …
Goldman: Alternatives Demand Holds Despite Private Credit
TL;DR: Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the investment arm of Goldman Sachs, ran a survey, and CNBC reported that 93% of current alternative owners were still happy with their investments. Another 97%…
Why the 10-Year Treasury Yield at 5.23% Matters to You
TL;DR: The 10 year Treasury yield climbed to 5.23% this week, its highest level since 2007, according to CNBC, and the 30 year yield rose past 5.5%, its highest since 2004, according to Business Insi…
Dollar Index Holds Near Two-Month High as Fed Turns Hawkish
TL;DR: The US Dollar Index traded near 101.10 Monday after Federal Reserve officials signaled a more hawkish stance, with the CME FedWatch tool now showing better than a 70% chance of an October rate…
Why Democratized Private Markets Can Hurt Retail Investors
Interval fund assets grew at a 39% annualized rate over the past decade, reaching $80.76 billion across roughly 100 funds, according to Morningstar research. The industry pitch is straightforward: ins
What Is First-Loss Capital? Junior Tranches Explained
First-loss capital is the layer of a structured deal that absorbs every dollar of loss before senior investors take any hit. In a standard collateralized loan obligation (CLO), that layer is the unrat
The $95M Fund Betting on Texas Power Queue Collateral
Dynamix Capital Partners has closed the SSSC Batch Zero Fund, a $95 million vehicle engineered to post security deposits on behalf of landowners and developers competing for power allocations in ERCOT
Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp (OTF): A BDC Review
By Jeff Barnes, MBA | September 8, 2026 | Alternative Investments TL;DR: Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp (NYSE: OTF) raised $150 million in senior unsecured notes at a 7.6% coupon maturing September
Evergreen Does Not Mean Liquid: The Bridgepoint Lesson
Bridgepoint has launched a perpetual private credit fund in Luxembourg that offers zero redemption rights, zero liquidity windows, and no secondary market exit mechanism. The fund, Bridgepoint Direct
Pacific Private Money's $80 Million Collapse: The Debt Fund Red Flags Investors Missed
Mark Hanf and Nam Phan, the founder/CEO and COO of Novato-based Pacific Private Money Group, raised more than $80 million from about 190 investors, many of them retirees, then allegedly used new inves
Royalty Financing: The Alternative Credit Structure Retail Investors Rarely See
Royalty financing is a distinct private-credit structure in which an investor provides upfront capital to a company in exchange for a contractual...
BridgeInvest Raises $612M for Fund V as Private CRE Credit Fills the Bank Lending Gap
Miami-based BridgeInvest has reached a second close of $612 million for its BridgeInvest Specialty Credit Fund V, an open-ended vehicle targeting...
Blackstone BREC's Monthly Intake Fell 72%: What It Signals for Private Real Estate Credit
TL;DR: Blackstone Private Real Estate Credit and Income Fund (BREC), a non-traded BDC that lends against commercial real estate, took in about $7.13 million of new equity in its August 2026 monthly...
Warehouse Facilities in Private Credit: The Bridge Financing LPs Rarely See
TL;DR: A warehouse facility is a short-term credit line, usually from a bank, that a private credit fund draws on to fund loans before it calls committed capital from limited partners or before the...
ESOP Seller Notes: The Private Credit Opportunity Hidden Inside Employee Buyouts
Most accredited investors know ESOPs as a feel-good exit strategy for retiring business owners. What far fewer know is that ESOP transactions generate a real, if niche, private credit opportunity:...
Unitranche Debt Explained: How Private Credit's Single-Tranche Structure Changed Middle-Market Lending
TL;DR: Private credit has grown into a roughly $3 trillion global market, and Morgan Stanley projects it could reach $5 trillion by 2029 ( Morgan Stanley, October 2025 ). Unitranche debt, a single ble
Ares' $12.7 Billion Pathfinder III and the Rise of Asset-Based Finance
Ares Management closed its Pathfinder III fund at $12.7 billion in August 2026, the fastest fundraise in the firm's alternative credit history, according to Alternative Credit Investor . The fund's...
Private Credit's Split Screen: Institutional Records vs. Retail BDC Redemptions
Private credit ran two completely different playbooks in the first half of 2026. Institutional LPs closed a record ~$190 billion into private credit funds, up 53% year over year, according to With...
Sycamore Tree's CLO Debt Fund Hit $131.5M: How to Read a Private Credit Filing History
Sycamore Tree Capital Partners' High Grade CLO Debt Fund reported $131.5 million in cumulative securities sold and six investors in a July 23, 2026 Form D/A, up from $121.5 million and two investors...