Scale of redemptions so far

After years of fast-paced growth, private credit is facing intense scrutiny. In recent months, investors have made requests to withdraw billions of dollars from the $2tn sector’s funds. The FT’s US private equity and deals editor Antoine Gara and US investment editor Eric Platt explain how we got to this critical moment, and what may be next for this pocket of Wall Street.    

Clips from Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, JPMorgan, US Federal Reserve 

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For further reading:

Retail investors pull billions from private capital’s credit gold mine

Wall St underestimates private capital problems, says top credit hedge fund

Private credit’s game of footsie is getting riskier 

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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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