JPMorgan, since 2021, has already deployed over $10 billion across more than 100 private credit transactions serving corporate and sponsor clients.

JPMorgan Chase has said it will set aside $50bn to lend to risky companies backed by private equity firms as it revs up its push into the booming private credit market. The largest US bank by assets said it had allocated $50bn of its own capital and had commitments for $15bn from other investors to make loans directly to companies,