In an op-ed for Alternatives Watch, Aaron Kless, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, unpacks the growing role of non-sponsored direct lending – loans made to companies not owned by private equity – amid an increasingly competitive private credit market currently valued at $1.7 trillion and projected to reach $2.3 trillion by 2027. Aaron highlights some of the advantages of non-sponsored lending as well as the considerations for investors looking to break into this untapped opportunity.

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