Tricolor – When Incentives Overrun Controls The bankruptcy of Tricolor Holdings has drawn global attention to subprime auto finance. Tricolor was a Dallas-based used car dealer and subprime auto lender serving borrowers with limited credit history. It operated at the intersection of retail car sales and consumer lending, a model that can blur incentives when sales and underwriting sit under…
When “Boring” Wins: Lessons From Recent Industry Bankruptcies The recent bankruptcies of Tri-Color and First Brands have caught investors’ attention and sparked questions about the health of certain corners of private credit. Both companies operated in areas that overlap with strategies often used in specialty finance, subprime auto lending, and factoring. On the surface, their collapses could be interpreted as…
Opening the Books: Highlights from Our Q2 Investor Call Transparency is more than a value; it is a practice. At Garrington, we host quarterly calls to open the books, share our thinking, and answer every question, because protecting capital is about more than strong numbers. It is about trust. During our Q2 call, our leadership team, Toreigh Stuart, Tammy Kemp,…
Uniting Experience and Teamwork at Garrington: The Power of Our Investment Committee Meetings At Garrington Private Credit, we believe that good decision-making begins with a team mindset fueled by shared experience and thoughtful dialogue. A Foundation Built on Collective Expertise Our investment committee stands at the center of how we approve transactions and shape our strategy. While alignment on credit…
The Power of Choice On building resilient portfolios, one deliberate decision at a time. Investors today have more tools, platforms, and asset classes at their fingertips than ever before, and rightly so. You deserve access. You deserve options. The ability to diversify thoughtfully to allocate capital across public and private markets is no longer a luxury. It is an expectation.…
Built for This Market. Built to Last. Reflections on discipline, durability, and the realities of private credit. This week’s blog is inspired by a recent commentary from Michael Gatto of Silver Point, who issued a sharp but fair warning to the private credit world: “When the cycle turns, it’s game over for managers who traded diligence for deployment.” It…
From Fraud Alerts to Forged Steel: A Refreshingly Solid Story In our last blog, we dove into the darker side of lending, fraud. If you missed it, you can catch up here. It’s the bogeyman of the balance sheet, and while vigilance will always be part of our DNA, we thought it was time to swing the pendulum back to…
When the Numbers Lie: A Real-World Reminder About Fraud and Safe Lending In lending, fraud is the word no one wants to say out loud, but every credit professional thinks about. It’s the shadow in the room, the what-if that lives behind even the cleanest deal file. And while no lender can eliminate the risk of fraud, we believe you…
Lending Series | Part 6: Specialty Finance – Lending Beyond the Labels And just like that, we’ve reached the final chapter of our Lending Series. If you’ve been following along since our first entry on invoice factoring (complete with cash flow analogies and collateral talk), thank you if you’re joining us now — welcome to the least defined by design,…
Lending Series | Part 4: Lender Finance After a brief pause from our lending vertical series, we’re back — and this week, we’re diving into one of the more technical but quietly powerful components of our strategy: Lender Finance. Lender Finance doesn’t always get the spotlight, but it’s foundational for us. It’s where structured credit meets real-world lending platforms—and where…
