Foreclosure has hit a high level of lending, and the United States private credit business has been hit by a run-off storm.

Original by: Yvonne

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The private sector in the United States is facing double squeezes in liquidity contraction and asset revaluation. With investors competing for divestment and large Wall Street financial institutions scaling down credit awards, this huge market, amounting to $1.8 trillion, is shaking。

According to the British Financial TimesPrivate-source credit giant Cliffwater and Morgan Stanley have recently imposed back-to-back restrictions on a multi-billion-dollar fund。These semi-liquid funds were subject to surge requests for withdrawals in the first quarter, and the scale of the outflow forced management to trigger a “lock” to avoid discounts on assets that lack liquidity at the bottom。

At the same time as the funds are under pressure, private credit institutions are also subject to financial tightening by large banks。Chase Morgan recently informed the relevant agencies of a downward revision of the collateral value of some of the software-based loans in his portfolio. This initiative, which did not immediately trigger the premium notice, directly reduced the scale of future financing available to the Fund, marking a comprehensive reassessment of the risk exposure of the traditional banking system in this area。

AT THE HEART OF THIS TWO-WAY SQUEEZE LIES THE ARBITRAGE LOGIC OF NET ASSETS (NAV). AS THE VALUE OF THE ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPEN MARKET DETERIORATED, PRIVATE LENDING INSTITUTIONS FAILED TO SYNCHRONIZE THE DOWNWARD REVISION OF THEIR HOLDING VALUATIONS, PROMPTING INVESTORS TO COMPETE FOR AN EXIT AT BOOK PRICES ABOVE FAIR MARKET VALUES. THIS CHAIN REACTION, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF BANK SQUEEZES, NOT ONLY INCREASES THE LIQUIDITY PRESSURE ON THE FUND, BUT ALSO FORCES THE MARKET TO REVISIT THE TRUE PRICING OF PRIVATE CREDIT ASSETS。

(Presently low stock prices of private credit companies)

The tide of ransom spreads, and the semi-liquid fund is facing a great deal. Examination

According to the British Financial Times, Cliffwater restricted the redeeming of its $33 billion flagship fund (CCLFX) during the first quarter. The Fund received 14 per cent of the total, eventually approved only about half and repurchased 7 per cent。

Just a few hours after Cliffwater took action, Morgan Stanley also informed him that $7.6 billion North Haven Private Fund investors would limit withdrawals. The fund jumped to 10.9 per cent in its first quarter foreclosure requests, ultimately meeting only its share of 45.8 per cent。

In recent months, this trend has spread throughout the industry。HPS recently set its flagship fund for high net value customers at a 5% limit. The Bcred Fund under the flag of Blackstone paid in full after the claim had reached 7.9 per cent of net assets, while Blue Owl and Ares had also previously satisfied the higher claim, despite the fact that Blue Owl had imposed a permanent redemption restriction on another fund this year。

Cliffwater raised $16.5 billion last year, expanding at the same pace as the industry giant KKR. However, this model of reliance on independent brokers to manage bulk funds makes them more vulnerable in the face of volatile market sentiment。

In response to the situation, the above-mentioned report states that Cliffwater is raising $1 billion through the sale of the loan portfolio and expects to attract $3 billion in new commitments this quarter to offset outflows. In a letter to investors, the company stressed that the Fund had generated 8.9 per cent of the return in 2025 and that the net leverage rate was only 0.23 times lower than most of those instruments。

This outflow highlights the risks faced by many new, semi-liquid fundsThese funds were originally promoted as a way to invest in private credit, but because their underlying assets are rarely traded, they can only occasionally offer opportunities for sale。

High valuation triggers arbitrage and high risk of crowding

The core driver of investor-to-investor divestiture is net asset arbitrage。

According to an analysis in Bloomberg column, software stocks and related liabilities on the open market have fallen significantly this year, but private lending institutions tend to hold loans to maturity and do not simultaneously lower portfolio valuations。

This lag pricing creates arbitrage space。If a fund claims the value of its loan of $100, and the investor considers its actual market value to be only $98, the investor will try to redeem it at a book value of $100。

This operating logic has led to a movement similar to bank run-off: if the fund is paid at $100, the value of the assets of the remaining investors will be further reduced, thus prompting more people to join atonement. This doubles the pressure on inter-district funds committed to partial liquidity to face investors。

To alleviate external concerns about the lack of transparency in valuation, some agencies are trying to increase transparency. According to John Zito, Co-President of the Asset Management Administration of Apollo Global Management, the company is preparing to start reporting the net asset value of its credit fund on a monthly basis, with the ultimate goal of achieving a daily net asset value report and introducing third-party valuation。

Morgan Chase is on the move, tightening leverage

At a time of loss of internal funds, external leverage from private institutions has also been tested。According to the Financial Times of the United Kingdom, Chase Morgan has taken the initiative to reduce the valuation of some of the corporate loans in the private sector portfolio, which are mainly concentrated in the software industry considered to be particularly vulnerable to artificial intelligence shocks。

Chase Morgan had a special clause in its private credit financing business that reserved the right to revalue assets at any time, while most other banks usually waited until such triggers as interest default were in place. Media analysis indicated that this was intended to reduce the credit lines available to these funds in advance so that action could be taken in a timely manner, if necessary, rather than waiting until a crisis erupted。

This austerity has long been predicted. Jamie Dimon, CEO of Morgan Chase, has on several previous occasions publicly expressed his cautious position in the area of private lending. Troy Rohrbaugh, the bank's executive, said in February of this year that Chase Morgan was becoming more conservative in terms of private credit risk than his colleagues. A fund manager also confirmed that Chase Morgan had been “manifestly tougher” in providing back-end leverage over the past three months。

The logic of industrial expansion is compromised, and subsequent risks are in doubt

The private sector has expanded rapidly and is highly dependent on leverage from regulated banks. Since the end of 2020, private sector agencies have mobilized hundreds of billions of dollars, rapidly acquiring the capacity to compete directly with banks for large-scale leveraging of financing。

However, a large number of lower-end assets have emerged from high-valued home office booms in software enterprises. As the enterprise’s cash flow is expected to deteriorate, the related debt will mature over the coming years, when the market environment is significantly different from the one in which it was issued。

Currently, PFIs maintain that the enterprise software company is still growing and expect that the loan will continue to perform normally. While other banks have yet to follow up explicitly on Morgan Chase ' s austerity stance, the market ' s review of the industry ' s liquidity and transparency in valuation will continue to warm up as the Bank takes the lead in revaluing assets and open-door pressure remains high。