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Glinting investment opportunities abound, private-equity firms say—but the industry also faces an exit bottleneck of over $3 trillion.

KKR’s largest private-credit fund held by individual investors took a $560 million loss in the first quarter when a growing number of loans tipped into default. The write-down—equivalent to about 10% of the fund’s net asset value—is one of the biggest indicators so far of underlying problems in a large private-credit fund. Defaults in the fund jumped to 8.1% in the first quarter from 5.5% in December, KKR said.

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) reported higher first-quarter earnings and said fundraising, monetization activity and management fee growth remained strong despite market volatility, while management signaled that its prior $7-plus adjusted net income target for 2026 is now less likely to be reached

KKR was the largest alternative asset manager reporting results this week, and its first quarter earnings grew 20% over the prior year. The New York-based firm runs money in every category of private markets. Funds poured into KKR during the March quarter, even as alt manager stocks suffered from angst over private credit and the potential for artificial intelligence to hurt software firms owned by private equity.

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Moby summary of KKR & Co. Inc.'s Q1 2026 earnings call

Managers of KKR sought to play down turmoil engulfing private-markets firms, as the New York firm beat analysts’ quarterly earnings forecasts.