Sarah Eisen talked with Brookfield's Bruce Flatt at the FII conference in Riad and started by asking him about the deal. >> President Trump and uh Commerce Secretary Lutnik uh announced a number of deals uh for the Japanese fund to invest in the United States. And uh the one that we're involved in is uh an $80 billion investment into new nuclear plants in the United States.And uh we're super excited about this. And and probably the most important thing isn't the 80 billion, but we needed to have scale to be ...

First Brands' Fram air filters at an auto parts store in Provo, Utah. Recent failures in the credit markets, including First Brands Group and Tricolor Holdings, have fueled a frenzy around how much risk is sitting in private debt portfolios. But for Ares Management Corp. executives, the losses actually make private credit look good, while presenting an opportunity to snag more deals. Neither of the collapses are “really impacting our market that much so far,” Kort Schnabel, the chief executive officer of ...

HSBC has said it is on alert for a possible shadow banking crisis as concerns about the private credit industry grow. Pam Kaur, HSBC’s chief financial officer, said on Tuesday that the bank had relatively small exposure to the private loans industry but was concerned about the “second and the third order risk” if issues start to affect the industry more broadly. She said: “The thing that worries me most, and I have gone through crises as a chief risk officer before, is the second and the third order risk ...

By Jan van Eck Originally published October 21, 2025 When CEO Jan van Eck joined Adam Taggart on the Thoughtful Money podcast to share his latest quarterly outlook, he said that he is "happy with eyes wide open†. Fiscal progress is real and markets are finding balance, but selectivity still matters as AI evolves, credit tightens and policy shifts continue. In this wide- ranging discussion, Jan outlines where he sees resilience and risk as we approach 2026. Watch Video: Thoughtful Money With Jan van Eck Ja ...

It would have seemed almost unthinkable for most private credit managers just a few years ago: Updating the value of their portfolios on a monthly basis.After all, the opacity was part of the draw — that without the price swings of public markets, fund managers could look through cycles and weather any sudden storms.But as the $1.7 trillion private credit market sets its sights on luring in money from individual investors — a potentially massive new source of funds — firms are increasingly finding the trade ...

公司业绩与业务亮点 - 公司季度业绩表现强劲，可分配收益增长50% [2] - 公司录得超过500亿美元的资金流入 [2] - 公司本季度在全球完成了三宗IPO，为四年来首次 [5] - 公司近期宣布了一宗价值180亿美元的交易 [5] - 公司专注于数字化和能源基础设施领域 [2] - 公司业务模式为投资者带来了丰厚回报，过去五年总回报约为市场平均水平的三倍半 [13] - 公司主要通过有机增长方式扩张，仅在获取特定智力资本和能力时才考虑小型战术性收购 [26][27][28] 行业并购与IPO活动趋势 - 行业并购活动显现周期性复苏，美国市场第三季度并购活动增长64% [4][5] - 行业IPO活动显著回暖，第三季度IPO数量增长100% [5] - 当前并购和IPO活动的绝对水平相对于历史市值占比仍处于低位 [5] - 资本成本下降、美联储降息、长端利率下行、利差收窄以及股市创纪录高位共同构成了有利于交易活动的环境 [6][7] - 预计在整体环境趋于稳定的背景下，明年并购和IPO活动将更为活跃 [7] 宏观经济与监管环境 - 通胀数据显示出积极迹象，核心CPI中最大的组成部分——租房成本的增长速度约为官方数据3.6%的一半 [10] - 劳动力市场出现降温，公司投资组合内企业的时薪增长率从一年前的超过4%降至约3% [10] - 关于贸易政策特别是关税的谈判存在不确定性，但预期将通过外交途径逐步解决 [8][9] - 政府关门等短期因素可能暂时影响IPO进程，但长期前景依然向好 [12] 私募信贷市场状况 - 近期出现的几笔问题信贷并非私募信贷案例，而是由银行主导、发起和承销的 [16] - 公司1500亿美元的直接贷款业务中，98%面向私募股权赞助商和上市公司，与近期出现问题的非机构借款人不同 [17] - 问题信贷涉及欺诈行为，如未披露负债、抵押品重复质押等，具有特殊性 [17][20] - 从整体系统看，银行系统和私募信贷领域的违约率和损失率仍然非常低，健康状况良好 [20][21] - 尽管基准利率下降和利差收窄使得实现两位数中期回报更具挑战，但私募信贷相对于流动性信贷市场的溢价回报依然存在 [23] - 保险客户等投资者正持续增加对私募信贷的配置，以获取额外回报而不增加风险 [24] 行业竞争格局与科技应用 - 行业存在整合趋势，部分普通合伙人寻求出售 [25] - 生成式人工智能等科技正被应用于金融基础工作，例如行业可比公司分析和风险因素梳理 [30][32] - 公司已在工程、代码、视频团队和法务团队等领域应用AI技术，旨在提高员工生产力和工作体验 [32][33] - 科技被视为提升分析师和助理工作效率的工具，而非替代品 [30][33]

There's a lot of talk. Well, globalization is is ending. I don't buy that.I just think it's being rewired. It's being rewired around security that's being rewired around resilience. And obviously regional blocks.Asia is a perfect example of that. We are very big believers in Europe. A lot of a lot of our competitors and other they're rushing off to Asia.We're big in Asia, too, but don't give up on Europe. Europe has a lot to offer. And just this year alone, we've put over $25 billion to work in in Europe.Th ...

U.S. loan funds are seeing sharp outflows this month as the bankruptcy of First Brands Group raises concerns over opaque financing and the robustness of underwriting standards in the private credit market. ...

The richest families in North America are quietly reshaping how they invest their money — trading the high-risk thrill of startups for the steady pull of private credit and property. As of August, private markets accounted for 29% of the average family office portfolio in North America, according to the North America Family Office Report 2025.The report — produced by Campden Wealth, a London-based family office research firm, and RBC Wealth Management, the wealth management arm of the Royal Bank of Canada ...

Accessibility StatementSkip Navigation Former Morgan Stanley Executives Jeff Levin and Kunal Soni Join as Partners Levin Named Head of Thoma Bravo Credit MIAMI and NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, today announced that Jeff Levin and Kunal Soni have joined the firm as partners on the Thoma Bravo Credit platform. Levin has also been named head of the platform. Together with the firm's investors, Thoma Bravo Credit has invested over $25 billion across m ...