Blackstone

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$1.8 trillion USD

Global private credit market size in 2024. 3 SEKTÖR SOSYAL EKONOMİ DERGİSİ p.6

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6 years

Average UK Holding Period (Exited Assets). Jus Corpus Law Journal p.4

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$3.5 trillion USD

Global private credit AUM in 2025. Oxford Journal of Student Scholarship p.1

Private Credit as a New Leverage in Financing Innovation: Opportunity and Risk Analysis Drawing on Case Evidence

Research paper3 SEKTÖR SOSYAL EKONOMİ DERGİSİSeptember 202626 pages

The global private credit industry expanded to approximately $1.8 trillion in 2024, directly competing with the $1.4 trillion leveraged loan and $1.3 trillion high-yield bond markets.

Private Equity in Global Capital Markets: Redefining Corporate Ownership and Long-Term Value Creation

Research paperJus Corpus Law JournalAugust 202611 pages

Michael Jensen's 1989 argument posited that public corporations would give way to leveraged, privately held organizations, though the 1980s buyout wave experienced defaults from overleverage.

Private Credit's Structural Transformation of Investment Banking: From Crisis Instrument to Deal-Making Infrastructure, 2008 to 2029

Research paperOxford Journal of Student ScholarshipAugust 202628 pages

Global private credit assets under management grew from approximately $2 trillion in 2020 to an estimated $3.5 trillion in 2025.