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Future growth lies in forging closer links with the financial institutions traditionally regarded as private debt’s biggest rivals, says Paul Burdell, co-founder and CEO of LCM Partners.

Structural flexibility means a private credit manager is best placed to put a bespoke solution together, says Michael Curtis, head of private credit strategies at Fidelity International.

The core mid-market offers a wealth of opportunities for lenders able to provide creative financing solutions rooted in deep due diligence, say Michelle Handy and Garrett Stephen of First Eagle Alternative Credit.

Scale and creativity will be essential to success over the next decade, but so will relationships and investment discipline, say Crescent Capital’s John Fekete and Chris Wright.

The largest firms have key advantages heading into the next decade, says Golub Capital’s David Golub.

New opportunities are emerging as the asset class embraces innovative financing solutions, says Cécile Mayer-Lévi, head of private debt at Tikehau Capital.

Direct lending has surged in Europe over the last decade, as banks retreat from core markets, says Laurent Bouvier, founder and managing partner at Kartesia.

The private debt market has changed beyond all recognition over the last decade, especially in Europe, say Ares Management’s Mitchell Goldstein and Blair Jacobson.

To thrive over the next decade, fund managers will need to demonstrate their strategy and execution expertise, says Ted Koenig, chairman and CEO of Monroe Capital.

As complexity increases in the asset class, so do the demands of investors and regulators, placing new pressures on fund managers, say Alter Domus’s Greg Myers and AEA’s Andrew Kyung.