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Up Close With Carlyle July 2025

How Investment-Grade Private Credit is Reshaping Fixed-Income Strategies

In an era of persistent inflation and elevated interest rates, investors are rethinking their traditional fixed-income strategies. With many public fixed income and credit markets priced to “perfection,” where can institutional investors turn for durable, high-quality yield with structural protections? Carlyle’s Justin Plouffe and Akhil Bansal take an up-close look at why investment-grade private credit is rapidly becoming the answer.