Private Credit Boom May Surge to $15 Trillion, Marathon CEO Says

  • Marathon’s Richards sees sector surging in next decade
  • Asset-backed lending, LMEs seen fueling the expansion

Bruce Richards

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The private-credit universe — already one of the fastest-growing markets — has room to balloon to $15 trillion over the next decade from $1.7 trillion today as types of lending broaden and expand, said Bruce Richards, whose Marathon Asset Management invests in a multitude of credit markets.

“It’s going to be $15 trillion, that same sector in the next eight to 10 years, which is a really big number,” Richards said Thursday at an event at New York University’s Stern School of Business.