Blackstone Inc’s (NYSE:BX) flagship private credit fund saw $1.7 billion in net outflows in the first quarter amid growing investor uncertainty towards the asset class, a securities filing showed on Monday.
Investors in the Blackstone Private Credit fund requested a 7.9% withdrawal of their holdings in the first quarter, higher than their usual rate of 5%, Blackstone said in a filing.
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This resulted in a payout of $3.7 billion, based on the fund’s current valuation of $82 billion. The payout was also higher than the $2 billion in new commitments made to the fund, resulting in a net outflow of $1.7 billion.
Blackstone said it paid out the redemptions in full.
The redemptions come amid growing investor scrutiny of private credit, especially after a series of high-profile writedowns and overhauls in the industry over the past two months.
Investment group Blue Owl was at the centre of this anxiety after it halted redemptions at a major private fund.
