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Private credit insights

Private credit has emerged as a major source of capital and one of the fastest-growing areas of private markets investing.

Explore Morningstar insights on direct lending, private debt strategies, credit quality, manager selection, risk assessment, and portfolio applications. Understand the opportunities, liquidity considerations, and evolving market dynamics shaping private credit today.

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How rate expectations, IPO and M&A activity, and shrinking illiquidity premiums are shaping the current environment.

Alternative Asset Manager Report: Q2 2026

How rate expectations, IPO and M&A activity, and shrinking illiquidity premiums are shaping the current environment.

The semiliquid fund market is nearing $600 billion in assets, but its growth has come with important lessons.

The State of Semiliquid Funds 2026

The semiliquid fund market is nearing $600 billion in assets, but its growth has come with important lessons.

Are ELTIFs Worth the Complexity? Our Researchers Weigh In

Semiliquid Funds in APAC: Access, Liquidity, and Potential Trade-Offs

Explore how private assets can be thoughtfully implemented in DC plans, with insights on structure, liquidity, and manager selection.

Don't Go It Alone: Collaboration Matters When Implementing Private Assets in Defined-Contribution Plans

Explore how private assets can be thoughtfully implemented in DC plans, with insights on structure, liquidity, and manager selection.

Learn about the latest trends and developments in the rapidly expanding landscape of LTAF, a market that is still navigating its retail presence.

LTAF Landscape: A Growing Market, Still Finding Its Retail Footing

Learn about the latest trends and developments in the rapidly expanding landscape of LTAF, a market that is still navigating its retail presence.

Kunal Kapoor’s 2025 Letter to Shareholders

Incentive fee structures rarely reward investment skill and often simply incentivize risk-taking.

Incentive Fees in Semiliquid Funds: Irregularly Disclosed, Regularly Collected

Incentive fee structures rarely reward investment skill and often simply incentivize risk-taking.

Public and Private Convergence: What’s in Store for Private Markets in 2026

The Cost of Incentive Fees and Semiliquid Funds

Explore with BNY Wealth’s Sinead Colton Grant how private markets, risk tolerance, and asset allocation shape wealth strategies in today’s volatile market.

Navigating Opportunity in Volatile Markets

Explore with BNY Wealth’s Sinead Colton Grant how private markets, risk tolerance, and asset allocation shape wealth strategies in today’s volatile market.

Explore the rise of European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) in 2024, uncovering key trends, regulatory changes, risks, and opportunities for investors in private market assets

Long-Term Asset Funds (LTAFs)

Explore the rise of European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) in 2024, uncovering key trends, regulatory changes, risks, and opportunities for investors in private market assets