Staff Writer

Not all special situations strategies are focused on distressed investing. Managing directors Aaron Peck and Cesar Gueikian, co-portfolio managers of Monroe Capital’s Opportunistic Private Credit strategies, highlight how opportunistic private credit differs from more traditional distressed strategies

Finding less efficient niches in a congested market is becoming a challenge for many fund managers. Structured credit offers attractive opportunities in underfished waters, explain Alcentra’s Hiram Hamilton and Cathy Bevan.

Special situations offer many advantages over traditional distressed or turnaround debt, but success requires a bespoke approach, explains Emmanuel Bonnaud, managing partner with Capzanine Special Situations.

The key to effective fund administration is a detailed understanding of a fund’s inner working. Stephen Osmont, director at fund administrator The Aztec Group, takes a deep dive.

Private debt fund managers are embracing new technology systems that private equity firms are not. Kevin MacDonald, co-CEO of Black Mountain explains why.