Big investors are trading private credit gains for infrastructure bets. Here's where else they're putting money.
A data center in Vernon, CA Mario Tama/Getty Images Private credit's share of institutional portfolios has fallen, according to a report. Canoe Intelligence found that only infrastructure had net inflows from institutions in Q4 2025. Hedge funds and venture capital also gained a share of institutional investors' portfolios. Private credit, just recently one of the hottest asset classes for institutional investors to park their money, is losing ground to other strategies, according to a new report from Canoe Intelligence. Private credit accounted for 6.8% of institutional investors' alternative-asset holdings in the fourth quarter of 2025, down from 9.7% December 2024. However, the asset class's net asset value increased roughly 20% from June 2024, according to Canoe. The decline reflects a shift in portfolio composition as other assets grew faster, rather than a contraction in private credit assets. The report, sourced from primary documents across 44,000 funds that pr...
