Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001736035-25-000008
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Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 or other trade barriers or changes to international trade agreements or policies in respect of other jurisdictions could also have a similar adverse impact.

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Financial regulatory changes in the United States could adversely affect our business.The financial services industry continues to be the subject of heightened regulatory scrutiny in the United States. There has been active debate over the appropriate extent of regulation and oversight of investment funds and their managers. We may be adversely affected as a result of new or revised regulations imposed by the SEC or other U.S. governmental regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations that supervise the financial markets. We also may be adversely affected by changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing laws and regulations by these governmental authorities and self-regulatory organizations. Further, new regulations or interpretations of existing laws may result in enhanced disclosure obligations, including with respect to sustainability matters, which could negatively affect us and materially increase our regulatory burden. Increased regulations generally increase our costs, and we could continue to experience higher costs if new laws require us to spend more time or buy new technology to comply effectively.Conversely, potential deregulation of the banking industry in the United States, including a rollback of existing regulatory requirements, could adversely affect the private credit industry and, consequently, our investment strategy, portfolio performance and overall returns. The U.S. private credit market has grown significantly in part due to legislation that took effect following the 2008-2009 financial crisis that imposed onerous capital and lending requirements on banks, limiting their ability to extend credit to borrowers. If such requirements are reduced or removed, competition for lending opportunities would likely increase, and our ability to deploy capital effectively could be negatively impacted. Any changes in the regulatory framework applicable to our business, including the changes described above, may impose additional compliance and other costs, increase regulatory investigations of the investment activities of our funds, require the attention of our senior management, affect the manner in which we conduct our business and adversely affect our profitability. The full extent of the impact on us of any new laws, regulations or initiatives that may be proposed is impossible to determine.We, the Adviser and its affiliates are subject to regulatory oversight, which could negatively impact our operations, cash flow or financial condition, impose additional costs on us or otherwise adversely affect our business.Our business and the businesses of the Adviser and its respective affiliates are subject to extensive regulation, including periodic examinations, inquiries and investigations, which may result in enforcement and other proceedings, by governmental agencies and self-regulatory organizations in the jurisdictions in which we and they operate around the world, including the