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

To hear more from these industry experts, join us, and 400+ Direct Lending market participants, on the 29th of January at the The Landmark, London.

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This video interview features  Josie Shillito from our lead media partner 9fin, who caught up with Michael Carruthers at Blackstone to chat about what he sees ahead for private credit in 2024.

Michael will be giving a keynote address, discussing:

• M&A deal activity outlook amid rising costs of financing
• The competitive landscape with regional and global banks
• Performance of portfolio companies amid political and economic uncertainty

Josie Shillito caught up with Luis Mayans, global head of private credit at CDPQ, and speaker at the conference. 

They discussed the M&A outlook for large-cap private credit opportunities, how hybrid deals of broadly syndicated loan and private credit may feature, and whether private credit pricing will hold up under pressures from the BSL market and dry powder in private credit. 

Luis will be speaking on the panel  The Rapid Ascent of Private Credit: A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships, But is the Water Still Warm Enough to Dive In?

Josie Shillito caught up with Kieran Page, Investment Director at Legal & General, and speaker at the conference. 

Kieran explains  how Private Credit CLOs differ from traditional CLOs.

Kieran will be speaking on the panel   Traditional Financing Alternatives: Will Private Credit CLOs Emerge as a New Funding Tool.

9fin editor Josie Shillito spoke with Pavol Popp, portfolio manager of net asset value (NAV) financing at Pemberton Asset Management, and speaker at the conference.

They discussed the fundamentals for NAV financing’s rise and rise, and it’s principal uses — they’re not always what you’d think!

Paval will be speaking on the panel  Trends in Fund Finance: Emerging Leverage, Liquidity, and Alternative Financing Solutions.

This video interview features Scott McMunn, Chief Executive Officer of the Loan Market Association and Todd Anderson, Head of Programming  of DealCatalyst discussing the state of the Direct Lending market in Europe

Scott will be speaking on the panel 'The Asset Allocator and Fund View on Cross - Border Opportunities in the US and Europe' along with Sandeep Agarwal, Chief Investment Officer, European Private Debt at Beechbrook Capital LLP, Fiona Hagdrup, Head of LevFin Investment & Fund Manager at M&G Investments, Michael Schad, Partner, Head of Coller Credit Secondaries at Coller Capital and Patrick Suchy, Head of Credit / Private Markets at HSBC Alternatives.