{"id":119520,"date":"2025-03-15T06:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T10:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/markets\/tariffs-debt-brake-fed-and-ecb-impact-on-credit-credit-crunch-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:58:42","slug":"tariffs-debt-brake-fed-and-ecb-impact-on-credit-credit-crunch-2","status":"publish","type":[3765],"link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/markets\/tariffs-debt-brake-fed-and-ecb-impact-on-credit-credit-crunch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mountain\u2019s Holson on Defensive Direct Lending: Credit Crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--white  text--black row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a09d75c5110b'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>PODCAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--title\">New Mountain\u2019s Holson on Defensive Direct Lending: Credit Crunch<\/h1>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <ul class=\"bbg-categories_list\">\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/markets\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Markets\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <p class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--date\">March 15, 2025<\/p>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>Bloomberg Intelligence Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a09d75c57b59'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2 bbg-column--valign-middle bbg-column--m-width-4 bbg-column--s-width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div id=\"\" class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-single-image align-left\">\n    <figure class=\"bbg-single-image__figure\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/1172389_BBGT_BI_FICCFocusPodcast_DigAsset_FNL-1.png\" class=\"bbg-single-image__image attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"1172389_BBGT_BI_FICCFocusPodcast_DigAsset_FNL-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/1172389_BBGT_BI_FICCFocusPodcast_DigAsset_FNL-1.png 800w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/1172389_BBGT_BI_FICCFocusPodcast_DigAsset_FNL-1.png 552w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/1172389_BBGT_BI_FICCFocusPodcast_DigAsset_FNL-1.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n        \n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; margin-top: -55px;\">Listen on<\/p>\n<div class=\"flexbox\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3Ho3QbXSUGdF0UxikHl1LQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Spotify.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/new-mountains-holson-on-defensive-direct-lending-credit\/id1589459799?i=1000699274407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Apple-podcast.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-1 bbg-column--valign-middle\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8 bbg-column--valign-middle\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n  class=\"bb-audio\"\n  data-title=\"New Mountain\u2019s Holson on Defensive Direct Lending: Credit Crunch\"\n  data-state=\"fresh\"\n  data-audio-url=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/031425_mixdown.mp3\"\n  data-label-desc=\"for New Mountain\u2019s Holson on Defensive Direct Lending: Credit Crunch\"\n  data-controls-class=\"no-controls\"\n  data-custom-controls-background=\"fill\"\n  data-theme=\"light-mode\"\n  data-progress=\"0\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--white  text--black row-padding--top-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a09d75c5fc95'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p>Direct lending remains a pillar of private credit, providing companies with new and flexible sources of financing in today\u2019s high interest-rate environment. Laura Holson, Chief Operating Officer of Credit and Managing Director at New Mountain Capital, joins Bloomberg Intelligence\u2019s Noel Hebert and Sam Geier on Credit Crunch to discuss the firm\u2019s focus on \u201cdefensive growth\u201d direct lending, and expansion into other areas of the private credit markets, including BDCs and CLOs. 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