KKR is not the only private credit manager to eye Japan, where firms are looking to seize on the opportunity to provide an alternative to bank loans.

Today we’re discussing specific types of alternatives institutions are looking at, as well as macroeconomics driving this new wave.

Private equity funds worldwide had a difficult time on the fundraising trail in the second quarter, raising a combined $106.7 billion, down from $164.4 billion in the prior quarter and also down from $165.3 billion in the year-earlier quarter, according to a just-released Preqin report....

Prolonged market downturns like the one that began in 2022 are widely believed to produce some of private equity's best vintages...