For Larry Fink, BlackRock Inc.’s more than $12 billion debt sale for a Meta Platforms Inc. data center is the result of years spent transforming a public investments giant into a heavy hitter in private markets too.

Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. have finalized a $35 billion financing package for Anthropic PBC to expand its AI infrastructure, marking the latest mega-deal in the artificial intelligence race.

Tremors in the software debt market were still top of mind for industry heavyweights speaking at the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York on Wednesday.

Thoma Bravo brands itself as the world’s largest software-focused investment firm. And it’s only looking to get bigger in the space.

Pacific Investment Management Co. is staying away from loans being put up for sale amid the tumult in the $1.8 trillion private credit market because they’re “pretty bad,” according to its president Christian Stracke.

A Blue Owl Capital Inc. private credit fund is urging investors to reject a share purchase offer led by Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital Management, saying the price is too low.

Marathon Asset Management LP is staying away from software for now as its chairman Bruce Richards predicts default rates of around 15% for two coming consecutive years.