How to Invest in Private Credit / Direct Lending

We explore what private credit, or direct lending, is and how to invest in it. We also show how it is similar and different from investing in leverage loans and CLOs.Topics covered include:Why more companies are staying privateHow private credit differs from the leverage loan marketWhy private credit is growing so rapidlyWhat are the benefits to private credit investingWhat are liquid and less liquid ways to invest in private creditSponsorsStawberry.me AcornsInsiders Guide Email NewsletterGet our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletterOur Premium ProductsAsset CampMoney for the Rest of Us PlusShow NotesThe Credit Markets Go Dark by Jared A. Ellias and Elisabeth de Fontenay—SSRNThe Lost Promise of Private Ordering by Cathy Hwang, Yaron Nili, and Jeremy McClane—SSRNInvestments MentionedVanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD)Barings Corporate Investors Fund (MCI)Long AngleCliffwater Enhanced Lending FundBlackRock Private Credit Fund (BDEBT)BondBloxx Private Credit CLO ETF (PCMM)Virtus Seix AAA Private Credit CLO ETF (PCLO)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.