Wall Street Titans Tap Main Street to Refuel Private Credit Boom

All it took for Jess Dato Paliogiannis to become an investor in the esoteric world of private credit was a few taps on her mobile phone. The 30-year-old New Yorker, an operations consultant to startups, used the Titan app to put $2,000 into a fund managed by the global investing giant Carlyle Group Inc. “It was exciting to invest in something that traditionally was not available to retail investors,” says Dato Paliogiannis, who recently sold the position, scoring a 37% gain over two years, after fees. Now she’s on the lookout for easier ways to access private credit on other ...