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Direct lending must abandon its pure buy-and-hold model to build secondary trading desks.

Facing severe redemption panics and an accumulation of distressed debt, major alternative asset managers are launching secondary trading capabilities to inject liquidity into once-locked loans.

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Private Credit's Quiet Move Into Corporate America
Institutional Investors Continue Allocations and Seek Secondary Opportunities Amid Retail Redemptions

Escalating retail exits are forcing the creation of secondary trading channels where institutional buyers buy discounted credit holdings.

Private Credit's Quiet Move Into Corporate America
KKR and Capital Group Launch Hybrid GMS+ Fund in Europe as KKR Signals Move into Secondary Private Credit Trading

To manage rising liquidation demands, private debt giants are turning to secondary market-making instead of direct buy-and-hold investing.

Private Credit's Quiet Move Into Corporate America
Apollo Puts MFIC Up for Sale as Private Credit Q1 Originations Contract 14% and Banks Regain Ground

This shows direct lenders shifting away from a pure buy-and-hold model toward actively trading loans to manage distressed exposures.

Private Credit's Quiet Move Into Corporate America
Activist Hedge Funds and Gadflies Target Private Credit with Deep-Discount Tender Offers

This shows major fund managers launching secondary bid frameworks and trading operations to provide liquidity to locked wealth channels.