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Serving as the bridge between small to medium-sized businesses and government programmes is a rewarding process that can stimulate innovation, say Brevet Capital’s Douglas Monticciolo and Mei-Li da Silva Vint.

Market dislocation is bringing new opportunities across the capital stack, says Michael Gontar, chief executive at InterVest capital partners.

Low risk premiums and high yields require a shifting opportunity set, says Michelle Russell-Dowe, co-head of private debt and credit alternatives at Schroders Capital.

Asset-based finance can be strongly complementary to direct lending, says Dan Pietrzak, partner and global head of private credit at KKR.

Chief investment officer Tyler Lindblad outlines how to manage risk to protect returns in a private debt portfolio.

Private equity sponsors have the confidence to step back into the market after a sluggish 2023, say Bridgepoint Credit’s Paul Johnson and Andrew Cleland-Bogle.

Yields from private debt are currently at decade highs, potentially making this a very attractive vintage for the asset class, says Bill Sacher, partner and head of private credit at Adams Street Partners.

With low levels of leverage, enhanced structural protections and limited competition, the European lower mid-market is the place to be, say Apera Asset Management partners Klaus Petersen and David Wilmot.

The lower mid-market offers distinct advantages in all kinds of macroeconomic weather, say NXT Capital co-heads Ted Denniston and Joe Lazewski.

The key to investing in the mid-market is the ability to pivot across geographies and different industries, says Michael Ewald, a partner and global head of private credit at Bain Capital.