Private credit — direct lending to businesses outside the public bond markets — grew rapidly through the low-rate years of ...

Mounting strains in the $1.8 trillion private credit market are giving investors a reality check and making them pay more attention to the illiquid nature of the asset class — and whether they are ...

The number and size of open-end funds investing in illiquid assets have grown dramatically in recent years. For example, in 2016, the open-end Blackstone Real Estate BREIX was founded. By Sept. 30, ...

As regulation, geopolitics and market shifts constrain liquidity, institutional investors must rethink how to manage this overlooked risk. Unsplash+ When Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, it wasn’t left ...

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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a popular investment tool for investors, providing market access to a diverse set of industries and asset classes through a liquid investment strategy. While private ...

Alternative asset management has exploded in popularity over the past decade, with private credit funds attracting both institutional and retail capital seeking higher yields than traditional fixed ...

Over the decades, financial markets have delivered repeated reminders that liquidity is never guaranteed. It may appear stable on paper, embedded neatly into models and stress tests, but in real-world ...

Stretched asset valuations and pressures in core sovereign bond markets are keeping financial stability risks elevated amid heightened economic uncertainty. These vulnerabilities could be amplified by ...

Onchain money market funds have grown nearly 10-fold since 2023, but the Bank for International Settlements warns their adoption brings new liquidity and contagion risks. Tokenized money market funds ...

Corporate treasurers and their bank counterparts are starting to employ similar strategies in dealing with liquidity risk. Both have learned valuable lessons over the past few years, and now it’s time ...