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net assets

American  

plural noun

  1. the total assets of a business minus its total liabilities.


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In general, this means it can borrow $200 for every $100 of net assets it holds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

There were roughly $138 billion worth of perpetual BDC net assets as of the fourth quarter.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

By February, CCLFX’s net assets totaled about $33 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Private-credit funds charge steep fees that can run at five percentage points annually or more on net assets at BDCs such as Blue Owl Capital, Ares Capital, and FS KKR Capital, Barron’s calculates.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

But the banks themselves had little money among them, the net assets slightly exceeding half a million sterling, and the aggregate deposits totalling less than a quarter of a million.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

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