Where Does the Money Come From?

Private credit. The hidden sourc eof project funding

When a new hospital opens...

When a retirement village is built...

When a warehouse appears on the edge of town...

Most people assume a bank provided the finance.

Increasingly, that assumption is wrong.

Around the world, private investment funds are quietly becoming major lenders to business.

Their names rarely appear on the buildings they finance.

Yet billions of dollars are flowing through this alternative financial system every year.

It is one of the biggest economic stories that most people have never heard about.

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