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Bloomberg
a day ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Apollo's Divisive Drive to Start Trading Private Debt
Welcome to Going Private, Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we take a look at Apollo's drive to start trading private credit, as well as the industry's reliance on bank financing. We'll also cover the UK's push to force its pensions to allocate to private markets — Silas Brown, Kat Hidalgo and Bella Farr. If you're not already on our list, sign up here. Have feedback? Email us at goingprivate@ Private credit firms usually keep a tight grip on loans sitting in their portfolios. Very occasionally a loan will change hands for some idiosyncratic reason — but by and large, the industry likes to buy and hold its debt. Enter Apollo, which is working with bankers to shake up the industry, as our colleagues Laura Benitez and Todd Gillespie reported.
Bloomberg
3 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
State Street's Second Bid to Bring Private Credit to the Masses
Welcome to Going Private, Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we take a look at a niche fundraising tool that's becoming increasingly popular, as well as the fine-print of a record private credit deal struck in the Asia Pacific region. But first, State Street's double-down on private credit ETFs. If you're not already on our list, sign up here. Have feedback? Email us at goingprivate@ — Silas Brown and Kat Hidalgo. If at first you don't succeed... open another private debt ETF.
Bloomberg
06-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Tariff Uncertainty and CEO Optimism at Milken Gathering
Welcome to Going Private, Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we take you to the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where finance titans from across the globe shared their thoughts on tariffs and what it means for private capital and the broader economy. If you're not already on our list, sign up here. Have feedback? Email us at goingprivate@ — Alicia Clanton, Bella Farr and Silas Brown Tariffs were top of the agenda on the first day of the Milken conference, and its wealthy attendees were remarkably sanguine about them. As our colleagues Dawn Lim, Sonali Basak and Daniel Flatley report, investing titans and financial leaders lined up to say they can live with tariffs and a reworking of trade — just get it settled soon.
Bloomberg
02-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Private Capital's Pitch to the Masses
Newsletter Going Private Wall Street rolls out private markets products for individual investors Welcome to Going Private, Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we look at private capital's pitch to the masses, Apollo's earnings and the blurred lines between private and public credit. If you're not already on our list, sign up here — Silas Brown. Next week we will publish two special issues of Going Private at the Milken Conference in Beverly Hills, before going back to our usual schedule for next Friday's issue.
Bloomberg
30-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Defense Becomes Target in Private Equity Shift
Welcome to Going Private, Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we look at private equity's U-turn on defense investing and Orlando Bravo's bullishness on dealmaking. Plus, another restructuring in private credit. If you're not already on our list, sign up here — Silas Brown Have feedback? Email us at goingprivate@ John Maynard Keynes famously changed his mind when the facts changed. Private equity investors are now doing the same. Historically, investments in defense assets were a no-go for buyout firms, considered too cyclical and capital-intensive to invest in — and, crucially, fraught with ethical risk.
