Private credit equities price the headline, not the loan book.
Manager shares de-rated on LBO-lending fears despite buyout exposure as low as 3% of AUM, then rallied past 55% portfolio overlap and correlated nonaccruals — public-market repricing of private credit platforms runs on narrative, not disclosed portfolio composition.
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The equity selloff priced the LBO-lending narrative even though disclosed portfolios show the feared exposure is a small minority position.
Manager shares rallied 27–41% even as overlap and correlated nonaccruals hit record levels, confirming public-market repricing runs on narrative rather than disclosed portfolio composition.