Taking the Credit — Predicting the future
- Alessia Pirolo
Welcome to Taking the Credit, 9fin’s weekly observations on the issues affecting the European private credit market. Find out more about what we do for private credit.
At the start of a new season, it’s a good point in time to look ahead and forecast what will come next. This year, we have heard over and over again that we will have to wait for 2025 for M&A and private credit deal flow to pick up. Indeed, lower interest rates and competitive pricing suggest that things are moving in the right direction.
But how fast? With autumn now here and the last quarter of 2024 looming, a serious gap remains between actual deals in the pipeline and the huge dry powder in the pockets of GPs.