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Morgan Stanley caps private credit withdrawals again as investors ask for the exit

Roughly 11% of a nearly US$7 billion fund was put up for redemption, and the manager is holding to its standard 5% quarterly limit.

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What happened

Morgan Stanley is curbing redemptions at its nearly US$7 billion private credit fund again in the third quarter businesstimes.com.sg. Investors requested to take out about 11% finance.biggo.combusinesstimes.com.sg, against a fund that is sticking to its standard 5% quarterly repurchase limit finimize.com. The vehicle has been identified as the North Haven fund briefs.co.

The cap is the second round rather than the first: the bank is again limiting redemptions at its flagship private credit fund finance.biggo.com, and the fund keeps facing redemptions finimize.com. Withdrawal requests remained elevated in the third-quarter repurchase offer, according to a regulatory filing reuters.com, and a recent regulatory filing is the source for the current terms finimize.com. A change in withdrawal terms at one of its private funds is being treated as a key current development for Morgan Stanley ad-hoc-news.de, whose shares steadied through the news ad-hoc-news.de.

Where the accounts diverge

The sources do not agree on the direction of travel. One account describes a record rush for the exits finance.biggo.com. Another, looking across major private credit funds rather than this one, reports that redemption requests have eased lately, while remaining elevated briefs.co. Both can hold at once, but they point to different conclusions about whether this is a single fund's problem or a sector's.

The backdrop is harder to read either way. Bloomberg reported that the US private credit default rate has hit a record of 6.3%, according to Fitch bloomberg.com. Withdrawal requests have also reached non-traded private credit business development companies seekingalpha.com.

Why it matters to investors

The structural point is liquidity, not credit quality. Private credit looks calm and high-yield, but the extra return often reflects real credit risk and limited liquidity ca.finance.yahoo.com. A quarterly repurchase limit finimize.com is what converts that illiquidity into a queue when enough holders want out at once, which is precisely what an 11% request against a 5% cap produces businesstimes.com.sgfinimize.com.

The asset class is also growing into territory that will test it. The buildout of AI infrastructure is becoming a credit market in its own right, extending from investment-grade bonds and leveraged loans into private credit and infrastructure finance thedarksideoftheboom.substack.com. Investors watching for the next signal have two: the size of the next quarterly repurchase request at this fund reuters.combusinesstimes.com.sg, and whether the record default rate reported by Fitch keeps climbing bloomberg.com.

Sources

  1. ad-hoc-news.de: Morgan Stanley stock steadies as private credit fund limits withdrawals - ad-hoc-news.de (2026-09-20)
  2. thedarksideoftheboom.substack.com: AI's $5 Trillion Buildout Is Becoming a Credit Market Stress Test (2026-09-20)
  3. reuters.com: Germany's IW institute triples growth forecast for 2026 - Reuters (2026-09-20)
  4. briefs.co: Morgan Stanley Caps Redemptions at North Haven Fund - Briefs Finance (2026-09-19)
  5. bloomberg.com: Companies Avoid Selling the Bonds Investors Crave: Credit Weekly - Bloomberg (2026-09-19)
  6. finance.biggo.com: Morgan Stanley Again Limits Private Credit Redemptions as Investors Seek 11% Exit (2026-09-19)
  7. businesstimes.com.sg: Morgan Stanley caps private credit exits again as 11% want out - The Business Times (2026-09-19)
  8. seekingalpha.com: The Most Undervalued 9-13% Yields I Am Buying Right Now | Seeking Alpha (2026-09-19)
  9. finimize.com: Morgan Stanley's Private Credit Fund Keeps Facing Redemptions - Finimize (2026-09-19)
  10. ca.finance.yahoo.com: Wealthy Investors Love Private Credit : Should it Be Anywhere Near Your RRSP? (2026-09-19)