KKR Says Asset-Based Debt Among Top Private Credit Opportunities
- Investors allocating more to diversify private credit exposure
- Banks pulling back from consumer, commercial lending: Pietrzak
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Corporate lending has made up the bulk of activity in the booming $1.6 trillion private credit market so far, but now investors are beginning to pour money into other niches — particularly asset-based debt, according to KKR & Co.
“We’re starting to see more awareness of asset-based finance and are seeing investors allocating to asset-based finance assets for the first time,” said Dan Pietrzak, KKR’s global head of private credit. “Direct lending is unlikely to grow as fast because it’s grown so much already.”