The Private Credit Opportunity
PGIM Private Capital highlights why private credit will be a key beneficiary and where it sees the most attractive opportunities.
PGIM combines the resources and risk expertise of its Fortune 100 parent company, Prudential Financial Inc. (PFI), with the agility and specialized capabilities of its autonomous affiliates to bring clients boutique-style, deep asset class expertise across public and private markets.
We take a thoughtful approach to allocating alternative strategies, and aligning these strategies with clients’ investment objectives, risk profiles, and liquidity preferences. It is because of this thoughtful, intentional approach, and our unwavering pursuit of performance, that investors around the world trust PGIM to invest their more than $300 billion1 across our alternative strategies.
As the asset manager of a company that has adapted to change for 150+ years and successfully navigated 30+ market cycles, 4 PGIM has an established track record of raising, deploying, and managing capital, risk, and liquidity.
We provide institutional-quality infrastructure and broad client experience. Our global scale and local presence across 42 offices worldwide facilitates access to differentiated deal flow and co-investment opportunities.
Autonomous, “multi-boutique” structure enables deep asset-class specialism and expertise. We’re committed to developing and seeding innovative alternative strategies that span a broad spectrum of liquidity and structures.
At PGIM, our alternative capabilities encompass a broad range of strategies across the liquidity spectrum of public and private markets.
At PGIM, our alternative capabilities encompass a broad range of strategies across the liquidity spectrum of public and private markets.
PGIM Private Capital highlights why private credit will be a key beneficiary and where it sees the most attractive opportunities.
PGIM Private Credit’s Head of Direct Lending, Matthew Harvey, shares his perspective on private credit and its appeal to long-term investors.
While heightened uncertainty is weighing on the near-term outlook, it has not derailed the recovery and growth story of the global real estate markets.
Private real estate credit may offer reliable income, downside protection, low correlation, high current income, and diverse investment opportunities.
The merging of public and private credit markets is transforming capital allocation in unprecedented ways.
All data as of 3/31/2025 unless indicated otherwise.
1 PGIM Private Alternatives manages $332 billion gross in private alternatives strategies across private credit, real estate, agriculture, sustainable investing, infrastructure and private equity. These strategies are managed by PGIM Real Estate (est. 1970), PGIM Private Capital (est. 1925) and Montana Capital Partners (est. 2011); underlying investment strategies and portfolio and originations teams remain distinct, with each affiliate maintaining its own governance. Note: AUM/AUA includes $7.7B from Deerpath Capital Management, L.P. (“Deerpath Capital”), a separate SEC-registered investment adviser, in which PGIM acquired a majority stake in late 2023. PGIM Real Estate net AUM is $136B and AUA is $47B.
2 PFI is one of the top 10 for several strategies (out of 411 firms surveyed) based on Pensions & Investments Top Money Managers list published June 2024. PGIM Private Capital was ranked #2 privately placed debt managers worldwide by P&I. This represents institutional client assets under management by PGIM Private Capital on behalf of PFI as of December 31, 2023. Participation in the P&I ranking is voluntary and open to managers that have any kind of U.S. institutional tax-exempt assets managed internally. No compensation is required to participate.
3 PGIM Real Estate is the third largest real estate investment manager (out of 72 firms surveyed) in terms of global real estate assets under management based on Pensions & Investments “The Largest Real Estate Investment Managers” list published October 2024. This ranking represents global real estate assets under management by PGIM Real Estate as of 6/30/24. Participation in the ranking is voluntary and no compensation is required to participate in the ranking.
4 “30 market cycles” represents Prudential Financial, Inc.’s (PFI) asset management expertise through PGIM, its affiliates, and its predecessors.
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