Private Credit BDC ‘Reckoning’ to Last Years, Sixth Street Says

The $1.8 trillion private credit industry may need years to work through an "intense yet warranted reset," triggering a wave of redemptions from some of the market's largest funds, according to Sixth Street Partners. Expect prolonged liquidity and valuation pressure for private credit managers, along with fundraising challenges and heightened investor risk-off behavior toward illiquid credit exposures.

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The $1.8 trillion private credit industry may need years to work through an "intense yet warranted reset," triggering a wave of redemptions from some of the market's largest funds, according to Sixth Street Partners. Expect prolonged liquidity and valuation pressure for private credit managers, along with fundraising challenges and heightened investor risk-off behavior toward illiquid credit exposures.