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Mezzanine finance has never gone away completely but is now experiencing a strong revival. Steven Ruby and Rahman Vahabzadeh of Audax Private Debt explain why.
Asset-based lending has grown in popularity over the past decade and could receive a further boost as banks retrench, writes SG Credit Partners' Charlie Perer.
Konstantin Danilov of VRS Restructuring Services examines the factors affecting the financial markets.
Employee co-investment programmes can be an attractive offering for fund managers, but setting them up means overcoming various obstacles, writes Nathalie Sadler of law firm Dechert.
A few years ago there were doubts about whether the credit secondaries market had become fully established. There seems little room for such a view these days, writes Daniel Roddick.
With markets facing a severe imbalance of supply and demand for credit, private debt funds stand to benefit if they can harness the opportunity.
This could finally be the year when stressed situations take off, but you need to be able to see them coming and take appropriate action, say McDermott Will & Emery's Mark Fine and Giulia Venanzoni
With banks once again in trouble across Europe and the US, private credit could offer a vital alternative source of funding, according to Fidelity International's Michael Curtis.
Complying with tax rules can make setting up private debt funds a complex task, but there are ways to navigate the maze.
Despite macroeconomic headwinds and the rising cost of capital, transaction activity looks set to pick up in the second half of 2023, says Sarah Roche, head of capital markets and managing director at Twin Brook Capital Partners.