Churchill’s Ken Kencel on Private Credit’s Second Act

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Churchill’s Ken Kencel on Private Credit’s Second Act

From the myth of “semi-liquid” private credit to why the highest returns can be misleading, Kencel challenges some of the industry’s most widely held assumptions.

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