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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.

Randy Schwimmer is co-head of senior lending and Jason Strife is head of junior capital and private equity solutions at Churchill Asset Management.

Evergreen vehicles are attracting retail investors to private debt, but the big LPs need more convincing, says Barings’ Tyler Gately.

As competition for capital intensifies, private debt managers need to have the scale, flexibility and experience to meet investors’ varying needs and navigate a challenging environment, says Jeff Frank, head of capital solutions & strategy at Twin Brook.