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Private Credit, Meet “Higher for Longer”

Blackstone

From March 2009 when the S&P 500 traded at 13x earnings to August 2020 when it peaked at 23x, a passive investor in the market earned 16% per annum. With slower bank and leveraged loan growth, demand for partners in private credit is high. 12 Of course, not all private credit is created equal, as Jon discusses below.