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How to Invest in Private Credit / Direct Lending

2025/1/29
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我观察到一个趋势:越来越多的公司选择保持私有化,这导致公开上市公司的数量减少。这与过去几十年来债务市场的趋势相反,过去公司主要通过银行贷款融资,而现在银行贷款往往会被证券化,形成杠杆贷款市场和CLOs市场。私募信贷,或直接贷款,则是一种不同的贷款方式,它指的是单一贷款方直接向私营公司提供贷款,贷款不进行证券化,也不在二级市场交易。 私募信贷贷款通常期限为3-6年,不经评级机构评级,也没有受到监管,这给予贷款方更大的灵活性。贷款方深度参与借款公司的运营,扮演合作伙伴的角色,并对公司进行密切监督。由于私募信贷贷款的非流动性,贷款方可以收取比杠杆贷款市场更高的利率。私募信贷贷款对借款方更有吸引力,因为它提供了更大的灵活性、保密性和更快的融资速度。 私募信贷市场规模已超过杠杆贷款市场,并自2010年以来增长迅速。私募信贷对贷款方和投资者都有吸引力,因为其具有更高的回报、更低的违约风险和更少的债权人冲突。与杠杆贷款市场相比,私募信贷市场在公司破产时债权人之间的冲突较少。私募信贷基金的管理者可以获得高额的管理费和业绩分成。私募信贷贷款利率通常比杠杆贷款高3%-6%,但借款方愿意支付更高的利率以换取更大的灵活性、更快的融资速度和更定制化的条款。 私募信贷投资具有较低的波动性,因为贷款不进行每日估值,且投资期限较长。私募信贷可能带来更高的生产力,因为投资方同时持有公司股权和债权,从而提高资本配置效率。然而,私募信贷的潜在缺点是过度关注利润,可能导致一些成本或负面影响被转移给其他人。公司选择保持私有化,部分原因是避免公开市场对短期盈利指标的关注。私募信贷的潜在缺点是缺乏透明度和资本配置多样性不足。 投资私募信贷的方式有很多种,例如投资于商业发展公司(BDCs)或投资于专门投资私募债务的封闭式基金。VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD)和Barings Corporate Investors Fund (MCI)是两个例子。参与私募基金是另一种投资私募信贷的方式,但流动性较差。Cliffwater Enhanced Lending Fund、Long Angle和BlackRock Private Credit Fund (BDET)是其他一些投资选择,但它们都有各自的投资门槛和流动性限制。此外,还有一些新兴的ETF,例如BondBloxx Private Credit CLO ETF (PCMM)和Virtus Seix AAA Private Credit CLO ETF (PCLO),它们投资于包含私营公司贷款的CLOs,但其定义存在一些模糊性。 私募信贷市场快速增长也带来了一些风险,例如更高的杠杆率和潜在的经济衰退风险。大多数私募信贷贷款是浮动利率贷款,其收益率会受到短期利率的影响。由于私募贷款的私密性,很难获得其违约率的准确数据。选择投资私募信贷时,需要考虑自身的流动性需求和风险承受能力,并仔细评估各种投资工具的费用结构和风险。

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We explore what private credit, or direct lending, is and how to invest in it. We also show how it is similar and different from investing in leverage loans and CLOs.

Topics covered include:

  • Why more companies are staying private
  • How private credit differs from the leverage loan market
  • Why private credit is growing so rapidly
  • What are the benefits to private credit investing
  • What are liquid and less liquid ways to invest in private credit

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Show Notes

The Credit Markets Go Dark by Jared A. Ellias and Elisabeth de Fontenay—SSRN)

The Lost Promise of Private Ordering by Cathy Hwang, Yaron Nili, and Jeremy McClane—SSRN)

Investments Mentioned

VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD)

Barings Corporate Investors Fund (MCI)

Long Angle

Cliffwater Enhanced Lending Fund

BlackRock Private Credit Fund (BDEBT)

BondBloxx Private Credit CLO ETF (PCMM)

Virtus Seix AAA Private Credit CLO ETF (PCLO)

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