Apollo Global Management Touts $40T Private Credit Opportunity, AI Financing and Fund XI at BofA Conference

Addressing Apollo’s “Private Credit: Fact or Fiction?” white paper, Zelter said “private credit” is often narrowly defined by direct lending, but Apollo views it as much broader—encompassing assets that historically sat on bank balance sheets or were not part of liquid markets. He traced the rise of sponsor-backed direct lending as a third leg of non-investment-grade financing alongside high-yield bonds and leveraged loans, describing its growth from “zero to $2 trillion.”Using a golf analogy, Zelter said t ...