Middle Market PE Firms Optimistic for 2026 Deal Revival
New York, June 24, 2025 – Data from a survey Churchill conducted in May and June show a cautious optimism for dealmaking in the first half of next year…
Churchill Asset Management in the News
Churchill Raises $1.5 Billion for Second Co-Investment Fund
New York, June 10, 2025 – Churchill Asset Management has wrapped up its second equity co-investment fund at almost three-and-a-half times the size of its predecessor, according to the private-credit specialist…
Commentary: Why continuation vehicles are a powerful tool in a turbulent macro environment
New York, June 05, 2025 – Not surprisingly, the confluence of high interest rates, mismatched valuation expectations, and more recently, tariff risks and volatility in both stock and bond markets, has exacerbated an already weak M&A environment…
2025 Who’s Who in Private Credit Technology
New York, May 28, 2025 – Churchill was named to the 2025 Who’s Who in Private Credit Technology—a curated list of 100 leaders driving the technological evolution of private credit and shaping the industry’s next phase of growth…
Junior debt set for resurgence
New York, May 2, 2025 – As senior lenders become more cautious, there is an opportunity for junior capital to fill in the gaps in the market, according to Churchill Asset Management’s Jason Strife.
Exclusive: Churchill and Arcmont chief executives reveal global strategy
New York, April 2, 2025 – Ken Kencel and Anthony Fobel met in 2019 at an industry conference. What was meant to be a half an hour catch-up turned into two hours spent chatting. Something had just clicked. And a deal was signed in 2022.
PE Wire – Outlook 2025: The sustained rise of continuation vehicles
London, January 9, 2025 – Last year was estimated to deliver $140bn+ in global secondaries volume, the largest year on record and definitiely surpassing the prior high threshold of ~$130bn in 2021, according to an early 2024 report by Evercore.
Churchill’s Anne Philpott – ‘Investors will flock to junior capital to lock in long-term, fixed rate return stability’
New York, January 8, 2025 – As part of PE Hub’s ongoing series of Q&As with private equity thought leaders, we turn to Anne Philpott, managing director on the private equity and junior capital team at Churchill Asset Management, to explore the role of junior capital in buy-and-build strategies.
Direct Lenders Brace for ‘Extremely Active’ Deals, Fundraising Slog
New York, January 8, 2025 – A busy second half of 2024 for deals and a generally positive economic outlook are raising expectations among direct lending fund managers for a strong deployment jump out of the gate this year.