PDI Staff Writer

Jaime Prieto, founding partner of European mid-market debt provider Kartesia, explains how the market has evolved in recent years and why sponsorless deals could yet be a major source of future growth.

Randy Schwimmer, a senior managing director with Churchill Asset Management, gives his perspective on downside protection in the evolving mid-market deal space.

What qualifies as the ‘mid-market’ can be vastly different based on who you ask. Tim Healy, a managing director at Twin Brook, offers his definition.

The depositary’s role is changing as firms and service providers adapt to shifting regulation and to the need to stay ahead of technological developments, says RBC’s Priya Nair

The changes in the structure of the banking industry have been a catalyst for the development of alternative lenders in the real estate market. PDI discusses how the changing competitive environment is shaping Iberian real estate debt with part of the management team at AQ Partners: Daniel Herrero, Cristina García-Peri and Jaime Martínez .

Fund structuring is becoming ever more complex, driven by more stringent LP requirements, tighter regulation and fast growth among private debt firms says RBC’s Dirk Holz

Gaining a foothold in the broader market of private debt can be tough, but by picking the best key personnel for a specific area of the economy, lenders may increase dealflow, says Twin Brook Capital Partners’ Trevor Clark.

Monroe Capital’s Ted Koenig outlines the catalysts that will keep the deal and credit markets humming in 2019

More attractive deal terms and the ability to be highly selective are among the reasons why investors are increasingly tempted to diversify into the smaller end of the market, maintains Jaime Prieto of Kartesia