Company: BXSL
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001736035-25-000013
Chunk: 259

Company: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 at this time, any renewed increases could lead to a rise in non-performing assets and decline in portfolio value if investment write-downs become necessary. Additionally, adverse economic conditions may erode the value of collateral securing some of our loans and reduce the value of our equity investments. It remains difficult to predict the full impact of recent and any future changes with respect to interest rates or inflation.

Further contributing to economic uncertainty, the current U.S. presidential administration has signaled its intention to implement or has implemented significant changes to U.S. trade policy, the size of the federal government and the enforcement of various regulations. These policy shifts could introduce additional market instability and reduce investor confidence. For example, changes in trade policy and the imposition of new tariffs could disrupt supply chains and potentially reverse the recent downward trend in inflation. The uncertainty as to how or what tariffs will be imposed or what retaliatory measures other countries may take in response to tariffs proposed or imposed by the U.S. could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by our portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of our portfolio companies whose business rely on imported goods. Meanwhile, substantial reductions in government spending could negatively affect certain of our portfolio companies that rely on government contracts, destabilize the U.S. government contracting market and harm our ability to generate expected returns. Additionally, changes in the regulation or enforcement of bank lending and capital requirements could have material and adverse effects on the private credit market. In light of these developments, there can be no assurances that political and regulatory conditions will not worsen and adversely affect the Company, its portfolio companies or their respective financial performance.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets, and any other parameters used in determining such estimates could cause actual results to differ.

Our critical accounting policies and estimates, including those relating to the valuation of our investment portfolio, are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2025, and elsewhere in our filings with the SEC. There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and practices.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.Uncertainty with respect to the economic conditions has introduced significant volatility in the financial markets, and the effect of the volatility could materially impact our market