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In a rapidly changing landscape, you can’t overstate the importance of sticking to what you do well, says Park Square’s Robin Doumar.

Private credit has grown dramatically into a $1.4 trillion market since the GFC and is set to expand significantly, say Nuveen CEO Jose Minaya and Churchill Asset Management president and CEO Ken Kencel.

Future growth lies in forging closer links with the financial institutions traditionally regarded as private debt’s biggest rivals, says Paul Burdell, co-founder and CEO of LCM Partners.

Structural flexibility means a private credit manager is best placed to put a bespoke solution together, says Michael Curtis, head of private credit strategies at Fidelity International.

The core mid-market offers a wealth of opportunities for lenders able to provide creative financing solutions rooted in deep due diligence, say Michelle Handy and Garrett Stephen of First Eagle Alternative Credit.

Scale and creativity will be essential to success over the next decade, but so will relationships and investment discipline, say Crescent Capital’s John Fekete and Chris Wright.

The largest firms have key advantages heading into the next decade, says Golub Capital’s David Golub.

New opportunities are emerging as the asset class embraces innovative financing solutions, says Cécile Mayer-Lévi, head of private debt at Tikehau Capital.

Direct lending has surged in Europe over the last decade, as banks retreat from core markets, says Laurent Bouvier, founder and managing partner at Kartesia.

The private debt market has changed beyond all recognition over the last decade, especially in Europe, say Ares Management’s Mitchell Goldstein and Blair Jacobson.