Under the hood of Citi’s $25 billion Apollo tie-up

Citi’s US $25 billion direct lending programme with Apollo has turned heads for its size and scope. It’s a major part of Citi’s new push to grow ancillary earnings such as cash management, in an era when regulators are curtailing banks’ ability to deploy risk in areas like leveraged finance. As big banks everywhere seek new ways to work with private credit, Euromoney reveals how this landmark tie-up will work in practice.

It’s not the strongest or the cleverest but the most adaptable who survive. Whether Charles Darwin said that or not, it is certainly a motto for Citi – or any incumbent lender.

Private markets have doubled to more than 30% of US banking assets over the past decade, according to Moody’s, as banks face regulatory pressure. The growth in private debt has dramatically outpaced that of US bank lending since 2019, with direct lenders now dominating the financing for leveraged buyouts (LBOs).

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