Financial Times
Separating the signal from the noise in private credit

What matters most is how capital was deployed and underwritten

04.11.2026
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Armen Panossian, Co-CEO and Head of Performing Credit at Oaktree, shares his perspective on today’s private credit market in the Financial Times. He breaks down what’s driving the current debate, and why underwriting discipline, vintage, and portfolio construction matter more than broad generalizations. What matters most is not the asset class in the abstract, but how capital was deployed.