Private Credit Firms Are Pushing Boundaries to Win Large Deals

March 20, 2025, 2:04 PM UTC

Private credit funds are grinding down margins and cranking up leverage to win business over their liquid peers, as trade wars and geopolitical uncertainty suppress corporate deals.

Credit spreads are among the tightest they’ve ever been for the industry’s best borrowers, with private loans recently pricing as low as 4.5 percentage points over the Secured Overnight Financing Rate in the US, and 4.75 percentage points over Euribor in Europe. Meanwhile, hopes that the Trump administration would bring a renewal in mergers and acquisitions haven’t yet materialized.

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