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  "id": 14230707,
  "title": "New Mountain Bets on Defensive Growth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/new-mountain-bets-on-defensive-growth",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T15:07:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-10-13/new-mountain-bets-on-defensive-growth-video"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As investors reassess private credit, New Mountain Capital’s Laura Holson says direct lending is offering attractive opportunities with wider spreads and improved lender protections. She joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why higher rates can benefit floating-rate investments, what risks borrowers face, and why her firm favors defensive-growth sectors such as industrial automation and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}