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Why the 8.25% yield isn’t the whole story
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Why the 8.25% yield isn’t the whole story

How selling 48% of a BDC’s loan portfolio turned into a 10.4% NAV hit, and why the headline 5% discount doesn’t tell the whole story

The assets, plumbing, wrappers, risks, and returns behind one of private credit’s fastest-growing corners.

🗞️ Sunday digest: private markets insights 8/2

Inside Wellington × Blackstone × Vanguard's New Interval Fund

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How fund managers stopped hunting returns and started farming assets

What happens when real estate, CLOs, CMBS, leveraged loans, repos, and derivatives all end up in the same interval fund?

🗞️ Sunday digest: private markets insights 7/12

Funds, managed accounts, pitch decks, a back-of-the-envelope M&A model (and Whole Foods).

A look at portfolio composition, leverage, and income quality

And how LPs can spot them — guest post by Romain Bégramian

🗞️ Sunday digest: private markets insights 6/28

Why Private Credit Funds Repriced Their Portfolios in Q1 2026

Rising redemptions, falling NAV, and what's happening below the surface

Market size, key players, and rapid growth

The fund is now $3.3B (down from $3.7B), and the mandate is quite different

A guest post by Benjamin Forestier and Claudia Zeisberger

In private markets, the question isn't whether an asset is good or bad. It's whether it was acquired in 2022 or 2026.

Private equity evergreen funds don't get sick.