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Private Debt Investor Podcast

Want to be kept well informed about all the emerging trends and key developments in private debt investment? You’ll find what you need right here, where PDI’s reporters and analysts share their own deep insights, as well as speak with many of the asset class’s most prominent individuals, on topics like deal origination and execution, fundraising, regulation, technological innovation, sustainability and all things private credit.

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21:40

How the sustainability-linked loan market is evolving

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/12/10

Having shot to prominence in the early part of this decade, have sustainability-linked loans (or SLLs) become an enduring part of the private credit landscape? Or have they quietly gone out of fashion?In this special edition of the podcast, co-hosted with PEI Group affiliate publication New Private Markets, we seek to chart the rise of sustainability-linked loans and assess how they are being used today. To recap: these loans feature a margin ratchet whereby the borrower’s performance against

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30:58

The 'flashing red lights' that were ignored

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/12/01

In this episode, we examine some headline-grabbing company failures such as First Brands, Tricolor and Carriox – and ponder what lessons and insights there might be for the private debt asset class.While private debt exposure may have been relatively limited in these instances, can the asset class be confident that it has its own house in order? Jiri Krol of the Alternative Investment Management Association and Alternative Credit Council acknowledges there is stress in the system – but believes

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16:16

The diversification dilemma: Why ABF offers a...

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/10/29

This episode is sponsored by Rithm CapitalAsset-based finance is rapidly evolving within the world of private credit, offering investors a differentiated source of risk-adjusted returns. With the market valued at over $20 trillion, it underscores the vast scale and growing importance of this segment as investors seek alternative opportunities amid shifting economic conditions. In this episode, we speak to Michael Nierenberg, CEO of Rithm Capital, to discuss why asset-based finance is becoming more

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34:52

Private debt’s show of strength

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/10/22

This episode is sponsored by NuveenThe private debt industry continues to go from strength to strength, with several key segments of the market gaining further traction with institutional investors as they seek out strong returns in an uncertain macroeconomic environment. Both geography and strategy will be crucial to attract LPs in the coming months and years - Europe and the US each have significant market factors at play that will determine the trajectory and rate of private credit growth across

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22:00

Arrow Global on seeing beyond the cycle

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/09/15

This episode is sponsored by Arrow GlobalTo be a successful player in the distressed lending market, one needs to understand the importance of timing. The current macroeconomic environment offers plenty of opportunities for distressed lenders looking to assist businesses struggling with market dislocation, bank retrenchment and policy uncertainty. However, lenders that look to take a more opportunistic approach to the strategy may not be able to deliver the kinds of returns sought by increasingly

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21:17

How Blackstone is building out insurance investment...

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/08/04

Philip Sherrill, Blackstone's global head of insurance at the company's credit and insurance unit, joined to talk about why it chooses a "capital-light" approach to insurance investing. In addition, he expands on the growing homogenisation of how insurance investors access private credit, and how the policies they're underwriting influence that – across the globe.

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13:40

Oaktree on its $16bn opportunistic debt fund

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/05/21

Oaktree Capital Management’s announcement in early February that its Opportunities Fund XII had raised $16 billion – inclusive of co-investments and affiliated investment vehicles – represented the largest fundraise for an opportunistic/distressed debt fund to date.Brook Hinchman and Jared Parker – both managing directors and co-heads of North America for Oaktree’s Global Opportunities strategy, joined The Private Debt Investor Podcast to discuss the strategy and how a mixture of factors including

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34:27

What's driving the growth of private credit secondaries

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/05/01

This episode first appeared on Secondaries Investor's Second Thoughts podcast, which you can subscribe to by clicking here, or searching wherever you listen to podcasts.Private credit secondaries has the potential to surpass private equity in deal volume over the longer term as more secondaries investors pursue yield and diversification amid market volatility. Over the past year, several billion-dollar-plus deals have emerged in the credit secondaries space, including Coller Capital's recent

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13:44

The road to the 'golden age' starts here

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/04/24

Over the last few years, talk of private credit’s “golden age” has grown louder, with predictions from various sources that the asset class could eventually grow to around $20-25 trillion in size from its current level of $2-3 trillion. Yet, fundraising has slowed since its peak in 2021. So was all the talk premature?Jess Larsen, founder and chief executive officer of private credit-focused placement agent Briarcliffe Credit Partners, believes that it was – but he also believes this is the year

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11:33

Cashflow is king: Making the case for asset-based...

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/03/31

This episode is sponsored by Rithm CapitalThe asset-based finance market is heating up, with a raft of private credit investors increasingly taking note of the strategy – and for good reason. Capable of delivering strong returns even in challenging macroeconomic environments due to its cashflow-oriented nature, ABF represents a rather unique offering for lenders and LPs alike. But contrary to what many might think, ABF is not a particularly new strategy. Michael Nierenberg is Chairman, Chief

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25:48

Goldman's Reynolds on scale and the $10bn deal

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/03/28

Growing scale is one of the big themes in private debt as a small group of mega-sized GPs expand their platforms rapidly – both building on existing strategies like direct lending and colonising new areas such as asset-based lending and specialty finance.Among the largest of these managers is Goldman Sachs Asset Management, one of the early pioneers of the asset class. In this edition of The Private Debt Investor Podcast, we hear from James Reynolds, global co-head of GSAM’s private credit

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14:26

Rising stars of private debt share their top tips for...

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/02/28

Private debt's rapid growth is continuing to attract attention from junior professionals that are looking to make a career for themselves in this dynamic market. But how can they stand out from the crowd and prove their value in what is an increasingly competitive labour market?In November, Private Debt Investor unveiled its annual list of Rising Stars of Private Debt, which highlights the young professionals that are blazing a trail in the asset class. For this episode, we asked three of this

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22:51

The ACC's Jiri Krol on why securitisation rules need...

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2025/01/14

Last year, the European Commission launched a consultation seeking feedback on the functioning of the EU Securitisation Framework. Among those organisations submitting a response to this was the Alternative Credit Council, the body representing private credit asset managers led by global head Jiri Krol.The Private Debt Investor Podcast caught up with Krol to find out what was at the heart of the ACC’s response. The organisation believes there was an “overreaction” after the global financial crisis,

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21:53

The ‘good boring’ approach to private credit

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2024/12/18

This episode is sponsored by Golub CapitalPrivate credit has enjoyed massive growth for more than a decade, but there are real questions about what happens when conditions are less favourable. How can lenders that launched during the good times continue to succeed when the market changes? David Golub of Golub Capital knows from experience. Golub Capital was founded 30 years ago and has performed well in all kinds of market conditions. One of Golub Capital’s strengths involves a ’good boring’

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24:57

A golden era for opportunistic lending

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2024/11/25

This episode is sponsored by Sculptor Capital ManagementThe last 24 months have been a period of uncertainty and volatility in credit markets, with rising inflation and higher interest rates putting borrower capital structures under pressure and making it difficult for lenders to price risk. These headwinds have proven challenging for mainstream lenders. But for opportunistic credit investors, it has provided a window to unlock attractive risk-adjusted returns in situations that are obscured by

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22:24

Private credit lenders seize the moment in Europe

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2024/09/30

This episode is sponsored by Arrow GlobalPrivate debt has enjoyed sustained success in recent years, with private credit firms stepping in to fill the void left by the retreat of banks from their traditional lending role. The outlook for the asset class in Europe remains strong, as firms continue to find compelling opportunities, even in sectors that face market headwinds. A persistent supply-demand imbalance in the housing market across most European countries means that residential real estate is

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20:17

Navigating the Asian private credit opportunity

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2024/09/03

This episode is sponsored by Bain CapitalAsia’s credit markets are the largest in the world, yet they remain heavily bank dominated. While large blue-chip businesses are well serviced, there is a material undersupply of custom, fit-for-purpose capital for SMEs, mid-market businesses, and financial sponsors. This is creating a significant opportunity for direct lenders. Asia’s credit markets are also complex and nuanced, which places a premium on managers with the right networks, insights, and

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23:58

One LP’s concerns over systemic risk

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2024/08/05

In this episode, Andy Thomson meets with Raymond Wright, a portfolio manager in private markets at the London Collective Investment Vehicles, which was established in 2015 as one of eight UK Local Government Pension Scheme asset-pooling companies.Wright discusses the organisation’s private debt-focused funds of funds and how he has gone about building portfolios through client collaboration – which, by his own admission, is a process that has challenged some of his assumptions around portfolio

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21:10

NAV finance steps into the mainstream

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2024/07/15

This episode is sponsored by 17CapitalNAV finance used to be a niche, little known corner of debt capital markets, but over the past 10 years it has evolved into a firmly established part of the private markets ecosystem. As NAV finance has moved into the mainstream, private capital managers have taken up NAV facilities in ever greater numbers to address a wide range of financing requirements. So, how are managers using NAV finance across their platforms, and how has the market navigated a cycle of

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21:17

The sustainable boom in private credit

Private Debt Investor Podcast ·

2024/05/15

This episode is sponsored by the Credit Investments Group (CIG)Private credit has expanded exponentially in recent years, with most citing the contraction in syndicated markets as the cause of that growth. But now those markets are opening back up, and questions linger about how that will affect private credit. So what do continued inflation and elevated interest rates mean for today's managers? What does private credit look like now, and how will it adapt to a new macroeconomic landscape? Will

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