The rapid rise of private credit has been nothing short of astonishing. More than a decade in the making, the seismic forces contributing to private credit’s ascent, including pricey public market valuations, investors’ desire for structure and control, and continued bank deleveraging, only look set to deepen ahead. Add to that the prospect of structurally higher interest rates, and private credit is poised to play an outsized role in portfolios and the market in the coming years.

With this in mind, in this issue of TPG Insights, we sit down with Josh Baumgarten, Co-Managing Partner & Head of Credit at TPG Angelo Gordon, and Amanda Lynam, Head of Macro Credit Research at Blackrock, to discuss the outlook for public and private credit in 2024, what’s driving private credit AUM growth, and the portfolio benefits of private credit allocations. We then turn to Trevor Clark, Head of TPG AG’s middle market direct lending business – TPG Twin Brook; T.J. Durkin, Head of the TPG AG’s Structured Credit & Specialty Finance business; and Ryan Mollett, TPG AG’s Global Head of Credit Solutions, for deeper discussions on the biggest pockets of opportunity and innovation in private credit today.