Private Markets
Private credit
direct lending, its risks, banks versus private credit
- Episodes
- 35
- Share
- 3.3%
- Shows
- 30
- Net sentiment
- +0.06
Bullish 13Mixed 9Neutral 2Bearish 11
The episodes behind it
Why each one was bullish, bearish or in between. Most time on the theme first.
Bullish 13
- Fred presents buying mortgage notes as a steady income-generating alternative asset with immediate monthly cash flow.Mortgage Note Investing Explained: How Investors Become the Bank |S4E4 · Total Disruption Podcast · Sep 27
- Guest argues private credit is a durable asset class with consistent returns and rapid growth driven by bank regulation.E432: $24 Billion Investor on Private Credit, the Psychology of Winning & Fear of Failure · How I Invest with David Weisburd · Sep 21
- BDCs and private credit funds trade at deep discounts to NAV, offering high yields with limited default losses historically.Is It Becoming A Great Time For Income Investors? | Steven Bavaria · Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart · Sep 27
- Proprietary municipal and ownership data gives the firm an edge in finding distressed loans early.John Kaminsky, Managing Director, Data Strategy – Maverick Real Estate Partners (EP.84) · Investment Management Operations · Sep 22
- Private credit is presented as an income enhancer for model portfolios.Alternative Realities: Modeling better portfolios · Insights Now · Sep 24
- Pensions need diversification and private credit offers equity-like returns with fixed-income profiles, softening J-curves.Sergio Méndez — Country Head of BlackRock Mexico · The HPScast · Sep 23
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- Niche private credit corners pay well for hard work and are less efficiently priced than mainstream lending.[REPLAY] André Perold – Pockets of Inefficiency at HighVista Strategies (EP.169) · Capital Allocators · Sep 21
- Niche private credit corners offer attractive returns for hard work, with idiosyncratic rather than macro-driven risk.[REPLAY] André Perold – Pockets of Inefficiency at HighVista Strategies (EP.169) · Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry · Sep 21
- Waldron calls private credit a great asset class if diversified, well underwritten, and clearly understood as illiquid.Goldman Sachs President & COO John Waldron: Rooting for the English Majors · Inside Blackstone · Sep 22
- A working capital facility from Mexico's federal mining investment arm signals domestic institutional support.Vizsla Silver: The Path Forward at Panuco · Mining Stock Daily · Sep 25
- Strong interest from debt funds and banks makes project finance appear readily available.Meridian Mining: Cabaçal’s DFS Delivers Standout Economics · Mining Stock Daily · Sep 22
- Hashed's new digital asset private credit fund is seen as filling an institutional financing gap.HUGE NEWS! BLACKROCK REVEALS CRYPTO AI AGENT PLANS! MASTERCARD STELLAR XLM & BINANCE CIRCLE USDC! · Thinking Crypto News & Interviews · Sep 23
- Sees opportunity in direct lending as banks have exited parts of the lending space.[REPLAY] André Perold – Academic Practitioner (EP.02) · Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry · Sep 21
Bearish 11
- Redemption requests exceed gated liquidity, the boom has ended, and private credit NAVs may be overstated.The Private Credit Boom is Over: Redemption Requests Exceed Liquidity | James Elbaor | Marlton LLC · Monetary Matters with Jack Farley · Sep 27
- Opaque private credit marks, floating-rate exposure and weakening borrowers raise hidden loss risks.Why the Fed May Have to Hike Far Higher Than Expected | Henry Peabody on the Fed’s Triple Mandate and Uneven Transmission of Monetary Policy · Monetary Matters with Jack Farley · Sep 24
- Rising rates strain private debt and equity, with liquidity limits and weak credit quality raising default risk.September 25th, 2026 | Higher Rates Hurt Private Debt, Siri AI Obsolete? Trust Facebook With Your Data? GLP 1 Lawsuits, Bank Charters Exploding, Why I Fear AI, Portfolio Too Conservative? & More · Smart Investing with Brent & Chase Wilsey · Sep 26
- Blue Owl's exposure to Oracle and Meta data center debt shows stress and hidden leverage risk.The Enron-Era Tricks Are Back in AI: How These Companies Are Hiding Their Debt | The Weekly Wrap · The Real Eisman Playbook · Sep 25
- Private credit funds finance data centers, spreading risk through opaque financing structures.What’s at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gamble · MIT Technology Review Narrated · Sep 23
- Blue Owl-backed infrastructure financing and Oracle's obligations raise debt-repayment worries for bondholders.¿Hasta Dónde Llega el Riesgo de Oracle en Inteligencia Artificial? · Market Insights · Sep 25
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- Triple-C spreads near 1100bp and tighter lending signal stress at the riskiest borrowers.You Won’t Believe What the Bond Market Just Did · Eurodollar University · Sep 23
- Banks are offloading rent-stabilized loans, signaling lenders see no return in that housing stock.Will a Rent Freeze Fix NYC or Make it Worse? · The Journal. · Sep 27
- Discusses loans and guarantees raised against parent-company shares, with later margin-call consequences.No.220 互联网系列大结局：贾公下周回国日，乐视宏图未倒时 | 中国互联网故事 29 · 半拿铁 | 商业沉浮录 · Sep 23
- Speakers note rising default rates and lenders tightening, which could pressure leveraged buyout financing.Diminishing Returns to Scale in Private Equity (w/ Andrew Akers, PitchBook) · Private Equity FunCast · Sep 23
- High-yield debt tied to CoreWeave data centers yielding around 11% signals financing strain.9AM HOUR: Nasdaq Extends Record Run, AI Trade Goes "Meta," Paramount Settlement 9/22/26 · Squawk on the Street · Sep 22
Mixed 9
- Credit growth near 10-12% year over year signals a limit; NDFI loans fund fast-rising assets, a bubble risk.Equities Markets Are Historically Overpriced. Here’s What Comes Next. · Less Noise, More Signal · Sep 27
- Private credit carries higher risk and reward, with more rate and software exposure than high yield bonds.Invesco's Levitt: 'The onus is on the bears' to prove there's trouble ahead · Money Life with Chuck Jaffe · Sep 25
- Specialty collateralized lending offers complexity premiums, while commoditized direct lending looks less attractive.André Perold – Investing Through Exponential Change (EP.516) · Capital Allocators · Sep 21
- Guest favors collateralized, specialized loans over commoditized direct lending, citing risks in generalist credit.André Perold – Investing Through Exponential Change (EP.516) · Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry · Sep 21
- Off-balance-sheet SPV financing for data centers adds leverage and risk, though it opens cheaper debt channels.TIP848: Meta (META): What the Market Misses? w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O'Malley · The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network · Sep 24
- SoFi's loan platform business sells loans to outside investors, so credit appetite and liquidity matter for its fees.SoFi: valued like tech, trades like a lender. The bottom of the cycle. · The Deep End: Stock and Earnings Analysis from Futurum Equities · Sep 23
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- High-quality private credit offers elevated yields, but highly levered borrowers struggle as rates stay high.Torsten Slok’s Macro Update: Higher for Longer and the Road to 2027 · The Allocation: Private Markets for the Total Portfolio · Sep 23
- Singapore banks see a new lending niche financing GPUs and data centers, though obsolescence risk is real.Market View: The Trillion-Dollar AI Spending Boom: Who Wins, Who Gets Disrupted? · Live Well with Michelle · Sep 24
- Private credit serves smaller borrowers but has vulnerable tails, with software refinancing risk noted.Amanda Lynam, Chief Credit Strategist in Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs · Alpha Exchange · Sep 23
Neutral 2
- Ferrari discusses the company's debt financing, blended cost around 9%, and leverage of about 2.5 times.Luca Ferrari, Bending Spoons CEO: The $40K Origin Story, Buying Product-Market Fit & Why Private Equity Can't Compete · All-In Podcast · Sep 23
- Discusses how NVIDIA's proposed financing MOUs with large asset managers would mobilize outside capital.Why NVIDIA Paid 86 Times Revenue for Hugging Face · Deep Dive · Sep 26
Around it
Companies named
- Meta 3
- Blue Owl 3
- Blue Owl Capital3
- Blackstone 2
- Monroe Capital1
- Apollo1
Shows that covered it most
- Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry3
- Capital Allocators2
- Mining Stock Daily2
- Monetary Matters with Jack Farley2
- How I Invest with David Weisburd1
- Inside Blackstone1
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