Asset-based finance’s cashflow-based nature and exposure to different areas of the PE market are acting as buffers against macroeconomic uncertainty, says Rithm Capital’s Michael Nierenberg in this PDI podcast.
1 min read · 29 October 2025
In this podcast, Nuveen mid-market direct lending and investment-grade infrastructure credit leaders discuss why lenders who have built strong relationships with investors through market cycles are well-placed to benefit from market uncertainty.
1 min read · 22 October 2025
There is now proof of concept that institutional and retail products can successfully be managed side by side, say Davis Polk’s Andrew Ahern, Oran Ebel, Christopher Healey and Leor Landa.
6 min read · 20 October 2025
Asset-backed finance is only at the beginning of its growth journey as opportunities for stable returns continue to proliferate in the space, says Sridhar Bearelly, head of alternative credit at ICG.
6 min read · 01 October 2025
Investors that are early to recognise the huge growth potential of royalties are well positioned to reap the benefits of innovation in the space, says Partners Group’s head of royalties, Stephen Otter.
6 min read · 01 October 2025
Speciality finance lenders – particularly those with expertise in asset-based lending – can leverage their flexibility relative to other capital providers to offer strong downside risk mitigation for LPs, says Michael Gontar of InterVest capital partners.
4 min read · 01 October 2025
Innovations in the private credit industry are increasingly appealing to new groups of investors and attracting younger women to the credit industry, says Laura Parrott, senior managing director and head of private fixed income at Nuveen.
5 min read · 01 October 2025
In a fragmented European landscape, success in distressed lending requires more than seizing short-term dislocation. It demands a long-term, locally informed strategy, says the firm’s CEO, Zach Lewy.
1 min read · 15 September 2025
Generating alpha and being able to quickly put capital to work are key advantages of fund finance, says Matt Hansford, European head of Barings Portfolio Finance.
6 min read · 01 September 2025
Lenders are responding to an increase in non-institutional investors and semi-liquid vehicles, while GP borrowers are opening up to new sources of fund finance, say Edward Beecham and Megan Livingstone of Alpha Fund Finance.
5 min read · 01 September 2025