Monroe Capital's Ted Koenig Shares AI Infrastructure, M&A Outlook Live on Bloomberg TV's "The Close"

Discussion aired live on Bloomberg Markets: The Close on October 6, 2025.

CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / October 10, 2025 / Monroe Capital LLC ("Monroe") Chairman and CEO Ted Koenig appeared on Bloomberg Markets: The Close on October 6, 2025, sharing views on inflation risk, interest-rate cuts, AI infrastructure, and the path for mergers and acquisitions in late 2025. Koenig emphasized that policy clarity is the key catalyst for new financings and deal flow, speaking from the vantage point of a private credit platform with approximately $22 billion in assets under management.

"M&A can't happen if there is not certainty. Financing can't happen if there is not certainty. We need to project certainty into the marketplace… It is hard to underwrite when you don't know what your costs are," Koenig said on air.

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Addressing the rate path, Koenig cautioned that additional cuts are occurring "into a market that is already hot," noting that "the biggest challenge we have to be mindful of is inflation" with elevated everyday costs still pressuring households. He observed that visibility on input costs is essential for sponsors and lenders to price risk and re-start larger volumes of deal activity.

Koenig outlined sector positioning informed by Monroe's diversified portfolio. "AI is on a run and there is no looking back… What I like is the infrastructure around AI - power, energy systems, engineering - things that AI needs in order to create infrastructure," he said, adding conviction in outsourced healthcare services while remaining cautious on hospitality and container-dependent goods given consumer stress and shipping cost volatility.

From Monroe's middle-market vantage point, Koenig said dealmaking momentum hinges on stability and labor trends in services. IPOs have been concentrated in technology, while core U.S. distribution, manufacturing, and services await improved certainty to re-accelerate M&A. He noted pent-up private equity exit needs and a more active secondary market as limited partners seek liquidity.

Monroe Capital continues to target resilient cash-flow businesses with durable B2B revenue, covenant strength, and liquidity buffers, while selectively leaning into secular growth tied to data center and automation demand. The firm's portfolio spans hundreds of companies across North America, with a typical borrower profile in the middle market. Monroe currently manages approximately $22 billion and its portfolio averages about $25 million in EBITDA.