Many regard the 2008 global financial crisis as the making of the modern private debt market because it created an opening after banks retrenched from lending. While it is still too early to predict with confidence the consequences of the current turmoil, there are signs private debt could yet again prove its ability to adapt to a new normal. For PDI’s first-ever Talking Points report, industry players give their thoughts on the ups and downs of the current situation, and where opportunities lie in the post-covid era.
Talking Points
Covid-19: Seven crucial questions for private debt
As the world gradually emerges from lockdown, fund managers are asking whether the pandemic could represent an opportunity for credit markets.
AlbaCore on the dislocation opportunity
As companies emerge from lockdown, there is much demand for financing solutions. With the current state of capital markets, private debt will be the answer, says David Allen, AlbaCore Capital Group’s founder and chief investment officer.
Do addbacks have the power to eradicate covid-19?
It was widely predicted that the market downturn would profoundly alter behaviour in leveraged finance, but then along came EBITDAC as a reminder of the past.
‘Rising Stars’ give thoughts on the industry post-covid
Four from our 2019 roster of the young and successful leaders in private debt share how they've been impacted by the pandemic, what it could mean for the asset class and what those outside the industry should know about it.
What are the biggest challenges and opportunities right now?
We asked three market professionals for their thoughts as coronavirus begins to make its impact felt in the private debt market.
What are the biggest challenges and opportunities right now? Part 2
In the second of our series, we asked three market professionals for their thoughts as coronavirus begins to make its impact felt in the private debt market.
What are the biggest challenges and opportunities right now? Part 3
In the third of our series, we asked three market professionals for their thoughts as coronavirus continues to make its impact felt in the private debt market.
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