KKR posts growth in credit AUM in Q1

KKR’s assets under management across credit and liquid strategies increased by nine per cent year-on-year to $283.6bn to the close of the first quarter of 2025. The firm said that this figure was composed of $129bn of leveraged credit, $74bn...

StanChart Q1 profit beats estimates

Standard Chartered reported first-quarter profit that beat estimates as the bank weighs the impact of US President Donald Trump’s trade war.  Adjusted pretax profit for the quarter ended March hit US$2.3 billion, largely driven by the bank’s financial markets and...

Uncertainty weighs on leveraged finance: Fitch

Market optimism has waned in the face of tariffs, policy volatility. North American leveraged finance markets started the year hoping for stronger merger and acquisition activity but have since weakened due to tariff-related uncertainty, Fitch Ratings says. In a new report,...