Q3 2025 private credit and debt market trends | McDermott

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Credit Conditions: The latest private credit and debt market trends | Q3 2025

September 2025

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Overview

Welcome to this edition of Credit Conditions, a quarterly publication that analyzes recent debt market trends.

The third quarter of 2025 saw momentum return to the market with M&A deals rebounding, the broadly syndicated loan market roaring back to record volumes, and private credit evolving structurally with new access for retail investors. Yet beneath the surface, mixed macro signals and distress concerns have kept dealmakers cautious.

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Authors

Stephanie S. McCann

Partner

Chicago

Michael L. Boykins

Partner

Chicago

Gary B. Rosenbaum

Partner

Los Angeles

Aymen Mahmoud

Partner

London – 22 Bishopsgate

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