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- Huber pushes back on both extremes, making the case that direct lending is simply a third pillar for a diversified portfolio, not a replacement for stocks and bonds.
- Cliffwater's 20-plus years of index data show that credit losses in direct lending have historically tracked closely with broadly syndicated loans, and that 2022 was actually a moment where direct lending proved its worth, delivering positive returns while both stocks and traditional fixed income fell double digits, thanks to its floating-rate structure.
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The Sleep-Well-at-Night Approach to Private Credit ETF.com Staff Thu, July 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM GMT+9 2 min read TLT AGG Phil Huber smiles while talking with Dave Nadig at Basis Northwest Phil Huber, Managing Director & Head of Portfolio Solutions at Cliffwater, sat down with ETF.com's Dave Nadig at the Basis Northwest conference to talk through where private credit, and direct lending specifically, fits into an advisor's toolkit. Advisors tend to have an almost binary reaction to the private credit space: either it's a cure-all or it's toxic waste. Huber pushes back on both extremes, making the case that direct lending is simply a third pillar for a diversified portfolio, not a replacement for stocks and bonds.
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As a significant REAL ESTATE development, this event shifts institutional capital allocations across Financials, Corporate Intelligence and directly alters operating assumptions for $XLRE, $IYR.
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