Banks ramp up bridge funding to PE, VC funds

As banks lose market share in traditional commercial lending, some are seizing the growing opportunity of providing short-term financing to private equity and venture capital funds, says Moody’s Investors Service.

With banks losing ground to private credit suppliers in traditional lending, they are increasingly finding business in capital call lending — which are effectively investment bridge loans for PE and VC funds, Moody’s said in a new report. READ MORE