Cliffwater’s retail-facing flagship private credit fund received redemption
requests equal to 17% of the fund in Q2 and has imposed withdrawal limits,
capping redemptions at 5% of outstanding shares for the quarter. The fund is
about $31bn. The action highlights accelerated investor exits from private
credit after nine months of heavy redemptions amid asset-quality concerns in
loan portfolios; selling has intensified recently as investors worry AI could
disrupt heavily financed software companies in the sector.