Fundraising soars above the drama

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It’s been a bad year for news headlines, but a great year on the institutional fundraising frontline.

You could be forgiven for thinking that the private credit market has suffered the worst period in its history, with doom and gloom implied by countless headlines in the mainstream press. Whether it’s the redemption rush, assumed AI disruption or portfolio stress, the talk of the asset class’s “golden era” that surfaced a few years back strikes a sharp contrast with today’s reality.