Private Credit Experiencing 'Growing Pains,' SLR Capital Partners' Co-CEO Gross

Michael Gross, Co-Founder of SLR Capital Partners said pressure on business development companies are part of private credit's "growing pains." JPMorgan Chase & Co. is restricting some lending to private credit funds after marking down the value loans in their portfolios. At the same time, BDCs — which lend directly to middle-market companies — are seeing elevated redemption requests amid fear of loss related to oversized exposure to software firms disrupted by AI. Besides equity f...