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Private Credit Faces Its First Redemption Cycle: What Investors and Advisors Need to Know

Understanding the limitations of semiliquid vehicles is the key to using them well.

Brian Moriarty Mar 20, 2026

Blue Owl Offers a Harsh Lesson for Semiliquid Fund Investors

Analyzing the saga of this private credit BDC.

Brian Moriarty Feb 20, 2026

Pimco Total Return Fund Shows Its Strengths

A return to top-tier form.

Brian Moriarty Feb 6, 2026

Blue Owl’s Misfire Offers a Lesson in Semiliquid Fund Risks

Investors can learn a lot from the latest private credit drama.

Brian Moriarty Nov 21, 2025

How to Measure Your Fund’s Liquidity Risk

Disclosures already tell investors a lot—if they look.

Brian Moriarty Oct 21, 2025

How Investment Process Factors Into the Success of Semiliquid Funds

Hint: It’s mostly about liquidity.

Brian Moriarty Aug 28, 2025

How Semiliquid Funds Became the Preferred Vehicle for Private Assets

The evolution of interval and tender-offer funds.

Brian Moriarty Aug 14, 2025

A Closer Look at Semiliquid Funds

Credit might be king, but costs are the queen.

Brian Moriarty Jun 24, 2025

The Unappreciated Costs and Risks of Interval Funds

The dark side of incentives.

Brian Moriarty May 13, 2025

Fixed Versus Floating: The Great Income Debate

Finding the right balance in a volatile interest-rate landscape.

Brian Moriarty Apr 9, 2025

New Private Credit Funds Want Your Money. Here’s Why You Should Be Cautious

Four ways that firms from SSGA to Capital Group are making private credit available.

Brian Moriarty Mar 28, 2025

Will the SEC Force Changes in the SSGA Apollo Private Credit ETF?

PRIV’s launch is unprecedented. Here’s what it could mean for investors.

Brian Moriarty Mar 11, 2025

A Groundbreaking New ETF Arrives

The SEC clears State Street and Apollo’s private-credit exchange-traded fund for launch.

Brian Moriarty Feb 27, 2025

Investors First: The Convergence of Public and Private Markets

Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor and others discuss the surge in private-market interest, the growth of interval funds, and the potential challenges and benefits for investors.

Kunal Kapoor, CFA Sep 20, 2024

A Closer Look at a Groundbreaking Active ETF Proposal

State Street’s planned private credit exchange-traded fund may herald a new era.

Brian Moriarty Sep 12, 2024

Interval Funds: Are They Worth What You Give Up?

Investors can access strategies that would otherwise be out of reach, such as private credit.

Brian Moriarty Jun 24, 2024

How Investors Can Take Advantage of the 5% Interest-Rate Reset

Understanding the risks and opportunities in the new landscape.

Hong Cheng Dec 6, 2023

What a Significant Manager Shakeup Means for These Gold-Rated Bond Funds

We’ve placed our ratings on these funds under review.

Brian Moriarty Aug 22, 2023

4 of the Best Bond Investors

These active managers have been consistently successful in the fixed-income market.

Brian Moriarty Jan 23, 2023

Should Investors Consider This Upgraded Bond Fund in 2023?

Metropolitan West Total Return Bond now earns a Morningstar Analyst Rating of Gold. Here’s why.

Brian Moriarty Jan 10, 2023

2 Emerging-Markets Bond Funds to Consider

After years of struggling, fixed-income funds focused on developing markets offer attractive yields; here’s how to take advantage.

Brian Moriarty Dec 28, 2022

Morningstar’s 2022 Recommended Reading List

Our global manager researchers share their must-reads, -watches, and -listens for 2022.

Janet Yang Rohr, CFA Dec 16, 2022

A Fixed-Income Fund’s Cautionary Tale

This aggressive mortgage fund’s losses can teach investors about the role of bonds in a portfolio.

Brian Moriarty Sep 6, 2022

A Few Tips on TIPS

Here's a look at a couple of competitive offerings in the inflation-protected bond Morningstar Category.

Supreet Grewal Mar 15, 2022

4 of the Best Bond-Pickers

These active managers have been consistently successful in the fixed-income market.

Brian Moriarty Dec 20, 2021

The State of Low-Yielding Bond Funds

Fixed-income investors are between a rock and a hard place: accept low returns or add incremental return at the risk of significant losses.

Brian Moriarty Sep 3, 2021

The Second Quarter in Bond Funds

A respite from rising rates.

Brian Moriarty Jul 6, 2021

Pulling Back the Curtain on the People Pillar Rating of Bond Funds

A look under the hood.

Brian Moriarty Apr 23, 2021

The Rise and Fall of Bank-Loan Funds

A Morningstar Category grapples with its future.

Brian Moriarty May 25, 2020

The Year in Bond Funds 2019

Closing out the decade with a bang.

Brian Moriarty Jan 14, 2020

More About Brian Moriarty

Brian Moriarty is a principal, fixed-income strategies, for Morningstar.

Before assuming his current role in 2015, Moriarty was a client solutions consultant for Morningstar Office, a practice and portfolio management system for independent financial advisors. Before joining Morningstar in 2013, he was a research assistant for DePaul University's religious studies department.

Moriarty holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Michigan State University and a bachelor's degree in Islamic world studies from DePaul University.