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Private Credit Report 2026: Scale Meets Scrutiny

Private credit is no longer being asked to prove it can grow. It is being asked to prove it can hold up. The iConnections Private Credit Report 2026 pairs what allocators say about the asset class with what they did in confirmed meetings at Global Alts Miami and New York.

Private Credit Report 2026

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Demand Is Not Cratering.
It Is Moderating.

Built on platform data from global LPs, two allocator surveys, and every confirmed meeting at Global Alts Miami and New York 2026.

Inside The Report

  1. Where private credit ranks among 21 strategies
  2. How allocators plan to position over the next 12 to 18 months
  3. Which LP types gave private credit the most meeting time
  4. Where allocators redeemed from over the past 12 months
  5. How private credit became a primary financier of AI infrastructure
  6. Europe’s next phase, from Arrow Global’s Zach Lewy

Finding 03, Shown in Full

Insurers and banks are doing the diligence. Endowments are not.

At Global Alts New York 2026, insurance companies devoted 22% of their confirmed meetings to private credit and banks 21%. That put them well ahead of every other LP type. OCIOs followed at 15%, and most other groups clustered between 11% and 12%. At the low end, endowments gave the strategy just 2% of their meetings and private sector pension funds under 1%. Interest in private credit is broad. Active diligence is concentrated in a few rooms.

In that environment, manager skill is not a marginal advantage. It is central to outcomes.

Zach Lewy

Founder, CEO and CIO, Arrow Global

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Questions About This Report

It covers LP interest in private credit across 21 strategies and net demand scoring. It also includes the 12 to 18 month outlook from two allocator surveys, private credit’s share of confirmed meetings by LP type, and trailing 12-month redemption patterns. Rounding it out are a feature article from Arrow Global’s Zach Lewy, rising strategy trends, regional spotlights, and the risks ahead. Charted throughout, 44 pages.

The data comes from four sources:

  • Stated strategy preferences from global LPs on the iConnections platform
  • The iConnections Global Investor Survey (February 2026, 500+ LPs)
  • The Mid-Year Investor Survey (June 2026, 100+ allocators)
  • Confirmed meeting activity at Global Alts Miami and Global Alts New York 2026

It is platform data, not third-party estimates.

It is for private credit managers preparing a raise who want to see which LP types are taking meetings. It is also for allocators benchmarking their positioning against peers.

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iConnections Private Credit Report 2026

See where private credit ranks with LPs and which allocator types are taking the meetings. Learn what GPs need to show to earn the mandate when the cycle turns.