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We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

TIP588: Lucrative Opportunities in Private Credit w/ Nelson Chu

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Clay is joined by Nelson Chu to do a deep dive on private credit. 

Nelson Chu is an experienced serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Percent, the modern credit marketplace. After witnessing the inefficiencies in the private credit markets, Nelson was inspired to transform this industry for the better and founded Percent in 2018.


IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro.

02:25 - Why we may continue to see a decline in the use of the 60/40 portfolio.

06:56 - The state of credit markets today.

12:38 - How private credit fits into the bigger credit market picture.

13:16 - What has led to the massive growth of private credit since the great financial crisis.

17:22 - How a typical private credit deal is structured.

22:50 - Why companies utilize private credit in their capital structure.

26:05 - Current interest rates in a private credit deal.

26:26 - Default rates in private credit.

38:40 - How Percent is helping satisfy high demand in the private credit market.

41:23 - How to get diversified in private credit.

52:02 - The most important things to understand prior to investing in private credit.


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0:00.0

You're listening to TIP.

0:03.0

On today's episode, I'm joined by Nelson Chu.

0:05.8

Nelson is an experienced serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of

0:09.9

Percent, the modern credit marketplace.

0:12.7

After witnessing the inefficiencies in the private credit markets,

0:15.9

Nelson was inspired to transform this industry for the better by offering investors a path

0:20.6

to investing in the private credit space.

0:23.2

During this chat we cover why we may continue to see the decline in the use of the 6040 portfolio,

0:28.6

how private credit fits into the bigger credit market picture, what has led to the massive growth of private

0:33.9

credits since the great financial crisis, how a typical private credit deal is

0:37.7

structured, default rates in private credit, how Nelson's company

0:41.5

percent is helping satisfy the high demand in the private

0:44.6

credit market, the most important things to know prior to investing in a deal and

0:48.4

much more.

0:49.4

In my own learnings about the private credit markets, I discovered Nelson and the work his team is doing

0:54.4

and offering investors access to deals with interest rates as high as 15 to 17 percent.

0:59.9

And then this also seems to have shockingly low default rates,

1:03.0

which we touch on in this discussion as well.

1:05.2

I find private credit to be a fascinating space,

1:07.8

and I think you're really going to enjoy this episode.

1:10.6

With that, here is my discussion with Nelson Chu.

1:14.0

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