Private Lending news and trends

Goldman Sachs Aims for $300 Billion Private Credit Portfolio
Banking // March 12, 2024

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is reportedly planning a major expansion of its private credit portfolio. The Wall Street giant aims to grow that portfolio to $300 billion in five years, up from $130 billion, a senior executive told Reuters Tuesday (March 12). “It’s a huge opportunity,” said Marc Nachmann,...

Regulators Worry as Banks’ Debt to Shadow Lenders Tops $1 Trillion
Banking // February 11, 2024

American lenders have loaned so-called “shadow banks” more than $1 trillion, and regulators are worried. That’s according to a report Saturday (Feb. 10) by the Financial Times (FT), which cites recent figures from the U.S. Federal Reserve showing that U.S. banks’ loans to non-deposit-taking financial...

Private Credit Booms as Main Street Firms Seek Capital Access 
SMBs // January 15, 2024

For corporates, especially smaller Main Street businesses, private credit (aka private debt) appears as an avenue through which they can get the capital they need. And for the lenders, the opportunity is ripe to tap into a market worth trillions of dollars.   As has been...

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Private Credit Booms as Main Street Firms Seek Capital Access 

January 15, 2024
For corporates, especially smaller Main Street businesses, private credit (aka private debt) appears as an avenue through which they can get the capital they need. And for the lenders, the opportunity is ripe to tap into a market worth trillions of dollars.   As has been noted through the past year, and as has been a […]

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Figure Debuts Blockchain-Based Private Credit Marketplace

June 12, 2024
Figure Technology Solutions has launched a blockchain-based multi-seller, multi-buyer marketplace for private credit loans. Dubbed “Figure Connect” and called a first-of-its-kind offering, the marketplace brings the company’s capital markets buyers to its loan origination partners, Figure said in a news release Wednesday (June 12). The marketplace is a step toward building the first “highly liquid […]

Goldman Sachs Aims for $300 Billion Private Credit Portfolio

March 12, 2024
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is reportedly planning a major expansion of its private credit portfolio. The Wall Street giant aims to grow that portfolio to $300 billion in five years, up from $130...

Regulators Worry as Banks’ Debt to Shadow Lenders Tops $1 Trillion

February 11, 2024
American lenders have loaned so-called “shadow banks” more than $1 trillion, and regulators are worried. That’s according to a report Saturday (Feb. 10) by the Financial Times (FT), which cites...