Investors Face Limited Exits as Private Credit Funds Cap Withdrawals

Investors attempted to withdraw $13 billion from private credit funds this quarter, but received less than half of their requests due to withdrawal caps imposed by several major funds. According to NS3.AI, seven prominent firms, including Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Apollo, Blue Owl, Cliffwater, Blackstone, and Ares, restricted investor exits during this period. Approximately $4.6 billion remains inaccessible across about a dozen funds. Apollo introduced ACRED, a tokenized feeder into its Diversified Credit Fund. However, Securitize later removed advertised daily redemption rights after Unchained inquired about the discrepancy with the fund's 5% quarterly withdrawal limit.