Reuters: Panic in the private credit market spreads to Wall Street, with several banks and funds restricting redemptions.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that as investor concerns about private lending risks intensify, several Wall Street banks and private lending funds are taking measures to address potential pressure. Some US banks are tightening lending to private lending, while funds are restricting investor redemptions. According to Moody's data, as of June 2025, US banks have provided nearly $300 billion in loans to private lending, with another $285 billion lent to private equity funds, leaving $340 billion unused. Market concerns stem from valuation and transparency issues, as well as the risks exposed in private lending during the bankruptcies of First Brands and Tricolor. Analysts point out that continued investor skepticism regarding software and technology asset exposure, coupled with tight liquidity, may keep the private lending market under pressure in the short term. Key actions taken by Wall Street banks and private lending funds include: 1. JPMorgan Chase downgrading the valuation of some private lending loans involving the software sector and reducing further lending. 2. Morgan Stanley restricting redemptions for the North Haven Private Income Fund, fulfilling only about 45.8% of investor applications in the first quarter to avoid market mismatch. 3. BlackRock imposed a 5% limit on redemptions for its HPS Corporate Lending Fund, with $1.2 billion in redemptions requested in the first quarter, but only $620 million was disbursed. 4. Blackstone's BCRED fund experienced net redemptions of $1.7 billion in the first quarter, but staff received $400 million in additional funding to fill the gap, raising the quarterly redemption cap from 5% to 7%. 5. Blue Owl Capital sold $1.4 billion in assets to repay investor funds and permanently suspended redemptions for one fund. 6. Cliffwater limited quarterly redemptions to 7% to address approximately 14% of investor redemption requests in the first quarter. (Reuters)