Why private debt is beating private equity

Private equity has grown rapidly in recent years. By 2024, there were more than $6trn in private equity assets, up from $2trn a decade ago, according to data firm Preqin. Venture capital added about $

Alarm sounds in private credit: Last month, Tricolor, a sub-prime car lender, filed for bankruptcy. Ohio-based First Brands, a maker of car parts, followed two weeks later. Both companies had borrowed

Age brings wisdom – or at least experience. MoneyWeek is approaching its 25th birthday (the first edition appeared on 3 November 2000), and is therefore in a better position than many publications to

The real-estate investment trust (Reit) segment of the UK equity market has been on life support for much of the past five years and it’s easy to understand why investors have decided to give the sect

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Central banks are back in easing mode, but the descent down the interest-rate mountain is proving arduous and slow. The US Federal Reserve lowered US rates by a quarter of a percentage point at this m