How Private Credit Became One of the Hottest Investments on Wall Street

Private credit has quickly become one of Wall Street's most popular investment classes in 2023. Alternative data platform Preqin projects this asset class will reach $2.7 trillion by 2027.
Several firms like Apollo Global and Ares Management have grown this market from just $250 billion in 2010.
This happened in part due to banks retrenching from the lending market after the Great Financial Crisis in 2008 with new regulations. It also has roots in the Federal Reserve's monetary policy of holding interest rates near 0% for a decade.
"We had a banking crisis in this country [and] the Fed drove interest rates to zero," said Lafayette Capital founder Damien Dwin. "That's created conditions where alternative investments could flourish, because of the additional yield that can be delivered."
However, this asset class is not without risk and not easily investable. You won't find private credit funds on Robinhood.
"It comes from pension funds, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, retail investors sovereign wealth investors," Dwin said. "So it is loans from a source other than deposits, usually to privately held businesses."
Watch the video above to learn more about what private credit is, how it has changed debt markets, and the risks involved.
0:00 - Intro
1:34 - What is private credit?
4:24 - Why private credit is booming
7:17 - Risks to the financial system
9:08 - What’s next?
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How Private Credit Became One of the Hottest Investments on Wall Street

[@chriswalter92]

Private equity sounds like a mechanism that extracts the most amount of value from a business, and transfers that wealth to the few general partners. Everyone loses - the business, the employees, the local consumers, the tax payers.... except for the general partners

[@tahirisaid2693]

The people you’re claiming don’t benefit wouldn’t have benefited with or without the private equity buyout. The business was failing before private equity came in, they just more efficiently manage the end of the companies life. Most likely allowing most companies to work there longer than they would have been able to do before.

[@felixcordoba2238]

Well then why do these businesses even consider taking money from private equity partners?

[@Maverick7642]

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[@QuickCinemaRecap]

00:02 Private credit is a fast-growing alternative asset class. 01:35 Private credit offers one-to-one relationships for borrowing outside traditional institutions. 02:44 Private credit has become a popular investment choice on Wall Street. 03:59 Private credit grew after big banks pulled back on lending post-2008 crisis 05:18 Private credit has stepped in to fill the void left by traditional banks due to regulations like Dodd-Frank. 06:33 Private credit fund managers prioritize top tier firms and managers for better returns and reduced risk. 07:50 Risks in the private credit space 09:02 Private credit is expected to be an interesting asset class despite potential market downturns.

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doing the lords work.

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Good abstract 👌🏾. Thanks 😊

[@Vanessa56787]

We can't ignore the potential impact on portfolios. Bonds are often considered a safe haven, and if they crumble, investors like me might scramble. I’ve been investing for 11 yrs and my $1m portfolio has never been this depleted, how i do hedge this?

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Fantastic video and commentary!

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Many thanks and well done !

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Great video. Thank you

[@adamatid]

in fact private credit is the best solution to avoid liability, banks have transferred the credit risk by investing their customers' money in private credit funds and earn money through sales and management commissions... the game is very simple, but no one calls things by their name

[@realdeal139]

No funding for small businesses and only for large private companies. No more incentives for the average person to open a business

[@brodriguez11000]

Sounds like a bigger version of what Kiva does for the third-world.

[@jazilzaim]

In regards to incentives, that is incorrect. There are more early stage VC firms and angel investors than ever before. But the focus is on modern and scalable businesses which are the new trends now rather than the brick and mortar ones which are being disrupted.

[@realdeal139]

@@jazilzaim which by enlarge are not small businesses.

[@jazilzaim]

@@realdeal139 Yea they are. Early stage VC mostly backs very early stage startups with $100k-$300k. The scalable tech companies aren't all Apple, Meta, and Google. Some only have 2-5 employees.

[@skyak4493]

@@jazilzaim Those "asset light", "technology" companies might be a thing of the (negative real interest) past. 99.99% of them were BS money losing growth stories that do nothing but mark up the price of everything!

[@detectiveofmoneypolitics]

Economic investigator Frank G Melbourne Australia is following this very informative content cheers Frank 😊

[@nulnoh219]

In the US, it's called private credit, which is a great thing. In China, it's shadow banking. It's shady and bad.

[@waylaidsavant]

Great piece

[@amonifinau4048]

Thank you!

[@kwantator]

Do they really have to invent a new term for loan sharks?

[@lynnjudd9036]

These new loan sharks have just made it look more respectable.

[@faiden1273]

Direct lending is not the only type of private debt buddy. There are literally tens of different types of private debt, and the term existed for many many years

[@skyak4493]

"Basel 3, the endgame!" now playing in markets everywhere. Do we really want "shadow banks" to replace regulated banking?

[@jaredrobinson3682]

They unregulated ofc not.

[@pahanin2480]

To simplify, it’s a loan shark

[@nicolass1996]

Basically yes hahahaha

[@jaredrobinson3682]

Yes and they make up 50% of the credit industry and of that 50%. 90% is managed by 9 companies.

[@buzzz623]

@@jaredrobinson3682one of the best quotes regarding the private credit industry I’ve read!

[@Stoneface_]

@@jaredrobinson3682 what are those companies?

[@ADobbin1]

In other words its credit the way loans used to be done before central banks and governments made themselves the only real credit lender. Its nothing new. I'm curious if they've gone all the way back to term payments rather than monthly.

[@wendelleddiebrewerlll]

quite interesting

[@khaluu2000]

I have a question internet if anyone can help. But does flowing rate work like the combined rate from bond market i.e. fixed rate + inflation rate?

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[@TheSdvsz]

This is the basis for Hard Money Loans for real estate

[@ericnelius9062]

Anyone else notice the Cyrillic text on the hundred dollar notes at 2:58?

[@---usr]

it says that it is a souvenir 😊

[@yanismollon7811]

Agree with UBS

[@skyak4493]

It amazes me that nobody even mentions quantitative easing anymore when discussing these "trends". QE leads to negative real interest which has led to crazy high debt for poor returns. Central banks forced commercial banks to hold treasuries with negative real yield. Institutions like insurance and pensions were forced to do something stupid or nothing at all -they prefer getting paid, so they did something stupid!

[@ariihauu_mrs]

exactly

[@skyak4493]

@@micro-organism-pv5gd The QE IS the capital flow distortion. So are you shorting the priivate credit companies?

[@warmpi]

Lol also known as shadow banking Interesting cnbc uses the term shadow banking when it wants to portray the industry negatively (parricularly markets like china etc) and the term private credit when referring to blackstone, oaktree et al

[@tishah5599]

Sounds like modern loan sharks with a new name

[@ktktktktktktkt]

That jeopardy opening was terrible... I feel like that's a bit of a cop out.

[@swulabs]

Basically fancy term for Loan Sharks

[@romanlepricon]

The most sinister things about this video they have told you that private credit is more expensive than banks but no numbers to back it,can't tell which of the accusations of inappropriate lending banks dont themselves engage in

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[@EnzoSal-qb5uf]

My whole family living fine and my Dad is heading for retirement plan thanks to my broker

[@oliviani7393]

I just withdrew my profits a week ago, To be honest it was an amazing feeling when the profits hits my wallet I wish I could reinvest but, too much bills

[@feedthesnake3394]

the rich always find a way to keep the money with the rich

[@behavior852]

So, basically your Loan Sharks, right? Private Credit is just the rebranding of this racket. Nice!?!

[@Gabeyre]

Credit started private in the beginning. Now its coming back!

[@alphaTrader.oo1]

see it coming

[@1Piecer]

Looks like a type of Shark loans entities but "legalized".

[@paulmaartin]

Its obvious that 10% yields involve lots of risks.

[@danieldepaolo3012]

Hey stop crashing the party! I just got my champagne glass filled. 😁

[@ChrisLovesThisGame]

Would a bank that offers credit to businesses necessarily have anything good to say about private credit cutting into their business?

[@Effervescent_Smegma]

Lending ur buddy $20 is private credit

[@judyl.7811]

5:10 focus on 2 things: rated assets and anything with a perception of liquidity 6:10 the banks with bigger earnings and better balanace sheet typically the ones more likely to secure funding in the private credit markets. 6:55 the delta from a top ranked private equity 10:00 the next interesting would be distressed commercial real estate lending, rescue financing

[@extherionseven7549]

i really try to understand stuff like this but i still dont get what private credit is. i feel dumb

[@BigGirl1351]

You're not dumb certain ideas aren't for everyone. I'll try to explain, let's say you need a large amount of money for whatever reason (maybe you're opening a business). Usually you'd borrow money from big banks (chase, Bank of America etc) and pay it back with interest. if you are unable to pay it back then they would take your assets (such as a house or car) in order to compensate for their lost money. This is how banks made their money. Privately owned businesses saw this as an easy opportunity to make money so now you can borrow money from these rich privately held business instead from banks. The video also says that the government made it unfavorable for banks to lend money which gave the upper hand to these privately held businesses. So it seems like many people prefer borrowing money from privately held business rather than banks because they have more fluidity with their lending agreements, but it's not always in favor for the borrower. The terms may even be worse than if you borrowed from a bank.

[@extherionseven7549]

@@BigGirl1351 thankyou that helped alot. i think i get the basics now

[@devilex121]

@@BigGirl1351 So... a loan shark by another name?

[@Stoneface_]

@@devilex121 yup basically a fancy term for a loan shark

[@lil----lil]

Just another fancy word for "loan." Credit Card = Loan Card Mortage: Long Term Loans But loan doesn't sound good.

[@daneshj4013]

The video is wrong that you can't invest in private credit/debt on Robinhood. PSEC is just one stock a retail investor can buy and gain access to this asset class through their portfolio

[@stanstan8376]

PennantPark (PNNT) is another one....

[@stephenwilliams9570]

This is like the biggest unregulated pawn shop ever.

[@Gustav.E]

Apollo and KKR are great companies!

[@alexovercashier9496]

if you’re concerned about Private Lending not reaching smaller borrowers than why not roll back Dodd Frank and let the banks lend to them? if that happens Banks would then be accused of predatory lending for going after them

[@islandaerial3414]

Read or Watch 'The Great Taking' 'Private Credit' = Loan Sharking

[@samst.germain6488]

It’s the golden age of private credit, or so I’ve heard

[@jimv77]

Is this the same a SPAC?

[@faiden1273]

SPAC raises funds through an IPO with no operations and purchases a company with those funds and takes it public, it’s a completely different thing.

[@TheShaked123]

is private credit cash advance ?

[@HuiChyr]

Although it's called "private" credit, private lender borrows money from banks to lend.

[@azzamalhanif9197]

Isnt this just Shadow Banking that were viral before?

[@the_big_dog813]

There sure seem to be plenty of opportunities in private credit like investments run by Ares, Apollo, Blue Owl, KKR, and many others through BDCs and public funds (ARDC and the like). They vary widely in risk and return levels, and many are asset backed loans with a low loan to value ratio.

[@skyak4493]

Anything can look like an "opportunity" with insufficient information with no standards, regulation, or enforcement. Publicly traded BDCs for example -first look "Hmm, that looks like a super cheap buy", second look "how to you do DD with this info???", third look "how can this be an ongoing concern if the cost of capital is substantially higher than market?" Last look "I'll look again after the reorg. clean legal, and all equal info.

[@lokesh303101]

Proceed with Caution on-scrutiny of Competition and Market Value before crediting the businesses' investments.

[@traumerle369]

Jeder sollte so viel Private Credits zu Minuszinsen erhalten wie man es möchte da es nicht im Ermessen von Banken liegt wie viel hier jedem zusteht.

[@nabilahuda3447]

Basically "legal" loan shark?

[@danieldepaolo3012]

It sounds like the regulations did their job, but then people still want the same level of lending and growth they are used to. So this new strategy is invented, I guess called "private credit". It's like a cat and mouse game, at least that's my initial impression.

[@kcdiazWTV]

Loan sharks?

[@wavymcfly]

All part of the plan my friends.

[@leclark5067]

Is this what shadow banking really is? This just sounds ultra risky for the lender and borrower

[@lmccarty2201]

It is a newer version of the hostel takeover of companies.

[@jaredrobinson3682]

Guys 90% of the private credit industry is managed by 9 companies. THEY ARE NOT REGULATED!!!

[@jaredrobinson3682]

There is a massive concentration risk

[@teaenjoyer1676]

I never learned any of this in school.

[@deanthroop8054]

Wow, greed certainly does spur creative thinking. This is so bad on so many levels. I have no issie with some dumb rich person risking what they have for a higher return, though I thought that was called loan sharking and was illegal. However, pensions and hedge funds doing this is incredible bad for the general public.

[@adamdahl3080]

📢 WE ARE IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF PRIVATE CREDIT 📢

[@suleimanpeshawari1032]

Loan sharking with a nicer name

[@maxb5957]

Max was here

[@KittyOzzyZiggy3895]

So private credit is me i lend money to a big buisness and they pay me back in interest?

[@fayadkhairallah2760]

What's the other type of credit 😮

[@wanjoe2057]

Can i buy credit default swap on this credit private fund😂😂😂

[@djlapio93litlebro]

tbh not so diffirent from bonds

[@hundid5930]

Really is cause its illiquid and floating instead of fixed.

[@damnbalagan5720]

Liquidity

[@mistervo8185]

You are literally describing a Loan Shark

[@KamalBerman]

Deb free lot of assets

[@Chicago_jake]

Rich people skirting regulations

[@IamCaleum]

Hopefully as these companies start taking on the largest corporations then banks will HAVE to go back to actually HELPING the common person instead of repeatedly trying to find ways to victimize them. People who keep calling regulations a victimization of banks are just idiotic, those regulations had to be put in because the banks were victimizing people and the people and the whole economy needed to be protected from the banks.

[@jdjose3268]

Private credit is also called the shadow banking system

[@auro1986]

cnbc, give credit with money

[@alexanda8154]

just ptp

[@benamadi3107]

So shark loans with extra steps!

[@aboucard93]

0:31 Why are these companies loaning out pensioners money as private credit? It's not their money to loan. This is a disaster waiting to happen. Are these loans even insured? 1:39 if these companies can't money from traditional banks why are these funds giving them money. This video is extremely misleading doesn't explain the financial risk pose by these private equity credit lenders. Lastly how are we Americans supposed to retire?

[@romanlepricon]

If private credit finance the big boys then banks should just lend to regular people 🤗 don't cry about it😂

[@user-to2gh7sg3l]

If groveling over finances floats your boat than that's great.... I'd kinda feel like I'm wasting my life though....

[@parambhatia3183]

Auction with

[@user-gb9js6cp6v]

These people swallow fire into their bellies for every percent of interest they consume

[@true-liberal2002]

The 2-minute video stretched to 10:29 mins, what a waste of time.

[@dominiquetheeasyminimalist]

Full BS. Look at ARCC which has been in business since 2004 and outperformed the S&P. Passed the GFC, the recessions, the pandemic. Good BDCs are actually very conservative in their loans with lower non accruals than banks 🙄

[@DBhoyz]

Hiding their money more smart

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[@danernesto8602]

Making loans with no deposits: shadow banking. Nothing can go wrong... ask China...

[@jasonpowell584]

You don’t need credit

[@henrylopez3479]

You do you, but if these people come asking for bailouts then boohoo.

[@metinkonaknakci6925]

We had bad years and unfortunately the governments and systems in this world wont really help, guess what. But AWT77K brings new light to not only the industry but humans in general and this is how everyone can have power in their own hands. I think we are about to step into a new age and there it matters what you decide for your own life. Too many bad decisions have been done and the conventional living method simply doesnt work anymore. If you really give it a thought then you might believe me on this one. Im not trying to force anybody its just my goal to bring change because even if I succeed for one person it is more worth than any money in this world, isnt it?

[@robertlee6338]

Private Credit is shadow banking

[@Annakrueger822]

Not in a hurry to buy here as big financial issues are about to be recognized, IMO. Banks are in big trouble and over-leveraged (bail-ins?), debts are out of control; peeps CC's are maxed, and globalists think we should depopulate, eat bugs, and be controlled for their benefit. This should all get resolved very soon, might be very bumpy for a while, but peace and tranquility on the other side. There's so much f*ckery in markets that they may just close for good. I'll be patient for better clarity over the next 2-3 weeks,At this point, I'm still at a crossroad regarding whether or not to liquidate my $138k stock portfolio. What's the best way to take advantage of this current market?

[@MegaDhruvesh]

If you look at Indian history, private credit has always existed based on a one to one relationship! With time, the scale has increased

[@mehmetkeremterim9600]

The SEC is just mad that AWT77K exists this way and that they have to face that and cant hold things longer, time for some last minute buyins on their own end

[@globalbusiness7699]

🤫

[@chedabu]

Bad bubble

[@Knys]

I'm

[@PelonMusk]

Lol well, no.

[@williamlouie569]

In China it calls shadows banking!