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How the Growth of Private Credit is Impacting Private Equity

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The growth of private credit can be traced back to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-2009. Following the GFC, the government enacted new regulations that limited banks’ abilities to underwrite highly leveraged financing.

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Covid-19 Impact on US Private Capital Raising Activity in 2020

InvestmentBank.com

Debt Markets Prior to COVID-19, some analysts and debt underwriters encouraged debt issuers to exercise caution after the tenth straight year of economic expansion [1]. Simultaneously, other special situation funds ballooned as institutions sought to hedge against losses amid the new market and economic turmoil. & Benoit, D.