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Sixth Street partners with Northwestern for $13B in ABS

Another day, another partnership between private credit leaders and insurance companies looking to get into the space. The WSJ this morning reported that Sixth Street is going to manage $13B of mostly ABS for Northwestern Mutual, kicking of 2025 as … Continue reading

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Aflac gets into private credit with 40% stake in Tree Line Capital

The WSJ reported that Aflac is paying about $100 million for a 40% stake in Tree Line Capital Partners, bought from Tree Line management and its PE backer, Stone Point Capital, alongside a multi-year commitment to help the firm with … Continue reading

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Brookfield acquires majority stake in asset-based private credit firm Castlelake – another david and goliath partnership.

These partnerships just seem to keep happening faster and faster: niche private credit managers teaming up with large global asset manager for a win-win partnership. Brookfield is investing $1.5 billion in capital, which includes capital into Castlelake’s investment strategies by … Continue reading

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Blue Owl buys Kuvare to compete for insurance business

Private markets firms that do not have insurance parents have been looking to get into third-party insurance assets either through hiring key talent or… via acquisition. Blue Owl has bought Kuvare Insurance Services (dba Kuvare Asset Management) for $750 million … Continue reading

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Calling $24 billion in net gains “subpar”… Warren Buffett’s secrets of communication

“A number of good things happened at Berkshire last year (including $24 billion in net gains), but let’s first get the bad news out of the way.” That’s how Buffett starts his 2012 annual letter to shareholders. His top three … Continue reading

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