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The Use of PIK in Private Credit

Vikas Keswani headshot
Vikas Keswani
Managing Director
Colbert Cannon
Managing Director
Published on: October 30, 2024

Payment-in-Kind (PIK) interest is a feature sometimes used in private credit that allows a business to add interest to their loan instead of making a cash payment. We view the use of PIK as a useful feature in certain but not all cases, as Vikas Keswani, Head of North American Specialty Direct Lending, discusses with Colbert Cannon in this video.