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The case for direct lending has always rested on a deceptively simple proposition: private credit should deliver better risk-adjusted returns...

In most cases, not through a borrower’s negotiation alone, moving bank accounts, or other isolated tactics. Those approaches often trigger...

The landscape has undergone a shift over the last year. With lenders re-stabilizing after the post-COVID "slingshot" effect, many businesses...

If you’re a midsize bank trying to figure out AI strategy and implementation, welcome to the club. Banks of all...

Senior secured lenders are increasingly encountering a familiar disruption - not within their borrower’s operations, but among its customer base....

As the M&A market gains momentum, the complexity and value of legal disputes are reaching new heights. In this episode...

The binary choice between senior secured bank debt and mezzanine financing is fading from the middle market. In its place,...

Insurance companies have become among the most consequential new participants in private credit, drawn by a structural alignment that the...

The middle market private credit opportunity has historically been a North American story. That is changing in ways that are...

As of the first quarter of 2025, 11 percent of debt investments tracked by Lincoln International carried some form of...