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Sixth Street’s Easterly Sees ‘Complacency’ in Private Credit

WATCH: Joshua Easterly, Co-President and Co-CIO of Sixth Street Partners, discusses complacency, risks and opportunities in private credit market.Source: Bloomberg

Sixth Street Partners Co-Chief Investment Officer Josh Easterly warned shifting fundamentals within credit markets present a risk that many investors and money managers are overlooking.

“Private credit markets are relatively complacent,” Easterly said in a Bloomberg Television interview Tuesday, attributing the problem to a mismatch between capital pouring into the sector and valuable opportunities to deploy it.