Our 'Meet the Speakers' series features a selection of recent panel discussions and interviews with our speakers, conducted by our media partners and DealCatalyst.

To hear more from these industry experts, join us, and 500+ GPs and LPs, on May 9 - 10 at The Diplomat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

David Golub, Golub Capital - Don’t exclude BSL from private credit’s next chapter

Next up in our 'Meet the Speakers' series...9fin's David Brooke caught up with David Golub from Golub Capital to discuss the M&A drought so far in 2024; where M&A activity will occur; the uncertain world for private equity buyers; the biggest risks facing the market; and the return of banks to the Broadly Syndicated Market and its impact on private credit. 

David will be speaking on the panel Views from the Top: The Macro Outlook Across the Credit Spectrum for 2024 and Beyond

26North’s Brendan McGovern discusses investor constituencies, growth of asset class.

LevFin Insights and Brendan McGovern of 26North Partners discusses private credit investor constituencies, the growth of the asset class beyond direct lending and how banks and private credit managers may have more touchpoints – opportunity to drive business for each other – than initially thought.

Brendan will be speaking on the panel Innovations in Private Credit Across the Asset Spectrum at 11:10am May 9..

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Alan Schrager Oak Hill Advisers — Lending in the upper middle market

Next up in our 'Meet the Speakers' series...9fin's Peter Benson caught up with Alan Schrager from Oak Hill Advisors to chat about the disappointing low level of M&A activity so far in 2024; where the best opportunities to deploy are in these tough markets; the return of the Broadly Syndicated Market and its impact on private credit; and which direction will pricing go?

Alan will be speaking on the panel Health Check: Corporate Credit Performance and Alternative Lending Developments

Kirsten Hagen, Brinley Partners — Lending in the upper middle market

9fin's Shubham Saharan caught up with Kirsten Hagen at Brinley Partners to chat about opportunities within the private credit market.

Kirsten will be speaking on the panel Fund ‘Shark Tank’: How are Newer Firms/Funds/Platforms Delivering Alpha and Finding Their Niche Amid a Crowded Field?

From the Golden Era to the Goldilocks Zone - Finding the Sweet Spot in Private Credit

Hear from two major allocators in the Private Credit market who invest across the asset spectrum - Chris Grizzard, Director, Bayshore Capital and Vincent Kravec, Managing Director, Commonfund. Both serve as members of the Advisory Committee and will be speaking at this year's conference.

Private Credit: Outlook on the Financial Stability Environment and Non-Bank Risks

In this 20-minute podcast, we present the keynote remarks of Lee Foulger, Director of Financial Stability Strategy and Risk at the Bank of England, who spoke at our European Direct Lending Conference on the 25th of January 2024, where he explained why the bank is examining the potential for systemic risk in the $1.6 trillion private credit market.

Ahead of Mr. Foulger's remarks, listen to Todd Anderson our Head of Content, and Gary Simmons, AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe)'s Managing Director, High Yield and Equity Capital Markets, discuss some of the highlights from Mr. Foulger's speech.  A recorded version of Mr. Foulger’s speech is then presented in the podcast.

The Allocators' Roundtable

In this episode, we hear the view from across the pond, from our recent Allocator's Roundtable which took place on January 29 2024 at DealCatalyst's European Direct Lending and Middle Market Finance Conference.

Hear what your colleagues across the pond are saying about Private Credit as a Portfolio Diversification Strategy with Julien Lefebvre, Managing Director, Head of Private Debt Fund Financing, BNP Paribas; Olga Braun-Cangl, Senior Investment Director, Cambridge Associates, Nedelina Lazarova, Associate Partner and Head of Private Debt, HQ Trust; Martins Marnauza, Partner, Investment, Coller Capital; and Toni Vainio, Partner, Pantheon Ventures.