According to S&P Global Market Intelligence's 2025 US Insurance Investments Market Report, life insurers accelerated their shift toward alternative investments in 2024, with other long-term invested assets and mortgage loans each gaining portfolio share for the fourth consecutive year.

Private equity firms are abandoning traditional value creation playbooks in favor of organic growth strategies as prolonged high interest rates and extended exit timelines force a fundamental industry transformation. According to Alvarez & Marsal's inaugural North American survey of 50 PE investors and portfolio executives, firms are implementing comprehensive operational improvements and AI-powered initiatives across portfolio companies rather than relying on multiple expans

Lawrence Golub, CEO of Golub Capital and four-time consecutive Lender of the Year winner, warns that manager selection and long-term thinking will separate successful investors from those caught unprepared when the inevitable downturn arrives.

Private credit markets are experiencing explosive growth as traditional bank lending retreats, creating a fundamental shift in how companies access capital and investors generate returns. What started as a $2 trillion niche market serving private equity sponsors has evolved into a $30 trillion global opportunity encompassing infrastructure, real estate, and investment-grade corporate lending.

Scott Kleinman, Co-President of Apollo Asset Management, spoke to the Money Maze Podcast from New York about what he calls the "irreversible convergence" of public and private markets.

Jacob Miller, co-founder and Chief Solutions Officer at Opto Investments and former Bridgewater Associates investor, warns that private markets face a fundamental shift as three massive 40-year economic tailwinds are reversing course.

Partners Group's Q2 2025 Private Markets Chartbook reveals a significant shift in the investment landscape as policy-driven volatility creates strategic buying opportunities for nimble private market investors.

EQT AB prices $500 million of 5.850% Senior Notes due 2035, with proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes.

S&P Global Market Intelligence's 2025 Private Markets Playbook reveals private equity and venture capital partners expect improved deal activity and fundraising this year, with megadeals reaching a three-year high in 2024 and AI investments surging 70% year-over-year to $83 billion. Lower interest rates are expected to unlock further deal activity as the valuation gap narrows between buyers and sellers. Venture capitalists have tripled their investments in late-stage AI compa

Private credit thrives as low rates, banking regulation, and improved funding costs drive explosive growth.

Market volatility creates prime opportunities for private credit as companies seek reliable capital sources when public markets become less

Private credit's $2.3T market boom combines illiquid assets with retail investors, creating hidden risks in an untested asset class.

In Brief:  Former Bloomberg TV anchor John Dawson interviewed Oaktree Capital Co-Chairman Howard Marks at the Global Alts Miami 2025...

CREFC's 4Q24 Sentiment Index hits record high, showing broad optimism in CRE finance despite higher interest rate expectations.

Trump victory reshapes PE landscape as investors return to market amid rate cuts and regulatory rollbacks, but new challenges emerge.

PE industry shows resilient recovery in 2024 despite challenges, as deals surge and exits rebound, but fundraising headwinds persist.

Private credit markets enter transformation phase as scale becomes critical differentiator and borrowers seek flexible financing alternative

Private debt targets 9.3% return in 2025, maintaining stability and downside protection despite yield compression from rate cuts.

Apollo Global Management's 2025 outlook reveals private markets are adapting to a new reality where interest rates will remain elevated.

Global private equity activity is showing clear signs of recovery heading into 2025, with deal values up 47% in the first three