JPMorgan Earmarks $50 Billion More for Its Direct-Lending Push

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is dramatically ramping up its direct-lending effort, setting aside an additional $50 billion to capture a bigger chunk of the fast-growing market.

The bank is making the fresh commitment after deploying more than $10 billion from its balance sheet across over 100 private credit deals since 2021, according to Troy Rohrbaugh, co-head of JPMorgan’s commercial and investment bank, and global head of capital markets Kevin Foley.The firm has teamed up with a group of co-lending partners, which have allocated nearly $15 billion more to the effort as well.

It’s “a number that we’re totally ...