Lincoln International's Private Market Index (LPMI) recorded full-year 2025 EBITDA growth of 4.7% across its middle market portfolio, an improvement...
The story of bank–private credit partnerships did not begin with a single announcement. It began with a regulatory constraint and...
The American middle market is frequently invoked by dealmakers but rarely sized with precision. According to the National Center for...
Pricing convergence, repricing waves and the two-way refinancing flows that are reshaping sponsor decision-making in leveraged finance. The relationship between...
Something is shifting in the competitive geography of private credit that has less to do with interest rates or regulation...
The week ending July 4, 2026 delivered the first meaningful crack in an otherwise relentlessly hawkish narrative, as a startlingly...
Private credit has grown from a niche corner of the alternative-asset landscape into one of the most actively populated segments...
The structural transformation of middle market direct lending over the past three years has been defined by a single, unrelenting...
A Headline-Driven Moment The first quarter of 2026 has delivered the most intense period of scrutiny that the private credit...
The overwhelming majority of private credit's growth over the past decade has been built on sponsor-backed lending — financing leveraged...
