Private equity taps insurers’ cash to speed up growth

4 min read . Updated: 31 Jan 2023, 06:17 PM IST Matt Wirz, The Wall Street Journal

Private-equity firms have been building a financing machine that produces complex private-debt instruments but often at lower yields than their traditional clients demand. Insurers are happy to buy (Photo: Bloomberg) — Private-equity firms have been building a financing machine that produces complex private-debt instruments but often at lower yields than their traditional clients demand. Insurers are happy to buy **(Photo: Bloomberg)**

Blackstone, Carlyle, other fund managers reach deals with insurance firms hunting for better yields

Investment firms that play on the cutting edge of finance are turning to one of the oldest businesses on Wall Street to turbocharge their growth: Insurance.

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