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The special situations segment is providing an increasing host of opportunities amid growing financing pressures on the continent, say Jakob Kjellberg and Arvid Trolle, co-founders of Njord Partners.

Private credit investors in search of consistent returns and downside protection in a challenged market should consider allocating to ABF strategies, according to Rithm Capital’s Michael Nierenberg in this episode of The Private Debt Investor Podcast.

Andrew Lockhart, managing partner at Metrics Credit Partners, explains what the Australian private debt market can offer international investors that take time to understand the region’s customs.

A different set of private credit strategies is coming to the fore as investors seek to diversify away from corporate direct lending, says Harry O’Rourke, partner at global private capital advisory firm Threadmark.

Investors are increasingly turning their attention towards evergreen structures and more opportunistic strategies as they prepare for a busier year, say Proskauer Rose partners Gary Creem, Michael Mezzacappa and Kelli Moll.

Straddling the worlds of equity and debt, Trent Hickman, co-managing partner at VSS Capital Partners, identifies a form of capital that offers business owners flexibility and incentivisation that offers business owners flexibility and incentivisation.

There are certain principles of lending that must never be compromised irrespective of economic conditions, says Nick Holman, head of the UK and Irish investment team at Kartesia, PDI’s Lender of the Year in Europe 2024.

Private infrastructure debt fundraising has been dwarfed by private infrastructure equity fundraising despite infrastructure projects being 60-80% debt financed. Nuveen’s Don Dimitrievich expects that to change.

Niche asset-based speciality finance offers attractive yield for well-managed risk, according to CJ Wei, managing director in private credit at Northleaf Capital Partners.

The bottom of the market has been reached and now there are potentially compelling upside opportunities, says Rupert Gill of Barings.