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12 Mar 2026

Glendon Capital warned that some private credit funds

especially those managed by Blue Owl Capital—may overvalue loans relative to market prices. For example, junior debt of Cornerstone OnDemand was valued near 90¢ while its senior debt traded around 78¢. Similar gaps appear for Barracuda Networks, Peraton, and Conair Holdings, suggesting possible future write-downs as stress grows in private credit markets. Source: FT

9 Mar 2026

BREAKING: Private credit

Source: Trend Spider

25 Feb 2026

Private Equity's Dry Spell Worse than 2008 Crisis

Source: Barchart

20 Feb 2026

How are alternative asset managers stocks doing?

Source: Nico 15% only 🇨🇭🇹🇭 @NicoGladia

20 Feb 2026

Shares of alternative asset managers tumbled on Thursday

After Blue Owl Capital Inc. restricted withdrawals from one of its retail-focused private credit funds, a fresh blow to a sector that’s faced heightened scrutiny in recent weeks. ... The selloff extended to Europe as big private equity players there tracked US peers lower in afternoon trading. CVC Capital Partners Plc fell as much as 4.5% in Amsterdam, while Switzerland’s Partners Group Holding AG slid as much as 5.3%. Source: zeibars @zeibars

26 Jan 2026

$1.5T valuation at $24B puts SpaceX at a P/S of 62.5.

Current P/S of other popular space companies: - $RKLB: 85 - $PL: 30 - $RDW: 7 - $FLY: 42 - $LUNR: 16 Source: RocketMan @RKLBMan on X

8 Jan 2026

President Trump announces steps to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

"People live in homes, not corporations." Blackstone shares are tumbling. Source: Brew markets

22 Dec 2025

"Macro hedge funds are enjoying their best year since at least 2008…"

Per the @FT thru Mo EL Elrian: "An index from data provider HFR tracking the returns of such funds — which aim to profit from economic trends by trading equities, bonds and commodities — was up 16 per cent at the end of November”

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