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Investing in larger companies has many advantages, especially in these more challenging times, say Blackstone’s Brad Marshall and Jonathan Bock.

Lending against net asset values, or NAV, is proving a valuable source of liquidity and capital to private equity funds as they near the end of their investment period and move into the harvest period, says Pemberton’s Thomas Doyle.

Private debt has a key role to play in alleviating property shortfalls in Europe, say Arrow Global’s Mark Posniak and Maslow Capital’s Ellis Sher.

These are the best lending conditions for years, say Gregory Racz, president and co-founder, and Daniel Leger, managing director of MGG Investment Group

Private credit is well positioned to capture allocations from private equity, says Park Square’s Robin Doumar.

Direct lending has grown sharply and looks set to account for a far greater share of the leveraged finance market in coming years, says Craig Packer, co-president of Blue Owl Capital.

In a dynamic market, not all opportunities arrive at the same time, so it is critical to have capital and a flexible approach to pivot to where opportunity intersects capability, maintain Michelle Russell-Dowe and Nicholas Pont of Schroders Capital.

Music royalties, healthcare receivables and legal finance are all well-diversified, low-correlation investments suited to a range of market conditions. David Ross, CJ Wei, Jeff Perrin and Victoria Li of Northleaf Capital Partners explain why.

Enterprise software is an attractive industry for private equity and offers real opportunity for direct lending, says Thoma Bravo’s Oliver Thym.

Protected from inflation and benefiting from rate rises, infrastructure debt looks extremely well placed, says Damien Gardes, co-head of infrastructure debt at Schroders Capital.