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Private Credit Connect East 2025 Agenda

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    • ABF in Focus
    Has ABF lived up to its high expectations?  What’s the prognosis for its future? How will a recession affect small businesses and consumers?
    • Direct Lending in Focus
    BSL vs Private Credit: what are the pros and cons? How resilient is Direct Lending? How will it fare through a default cycle? What’s driving the consolidation of fund managers?
    • ABF in Focus
    What are the hottest opportunities within this vertical? Structuring challenges and credit risk considerations in a rapidly changing environment Forecasting upcoming trends
    • Direct Lending in Focus
    New structures: what do LPs want? Will evergreen become the new norm? New investors: what are they looking for? Appealing to retail and HNWI investors New partnerships: examining joint ventures betwee ...
  1. Coffee Break
    • ABF in Focus
    How do private credit funds approach non-traditional asset types? Such as litigation finance, sports and media, small business finance and more.
    • Direct Lending in Focus
    What are the pros and cons of each approach for lower-middle market managers?
    • ABF in Focus
    What’s behind the increased participation from Insurance Companies in the Private Markets?
    • Direct Lending in Focus
    Exploring the growth of credit continuation vehicles
  2. Lunch
  3. This detailed workshop gives new or emerging specialty lenders insight on how to best use debt to raise capital
  4. What are LPs looking for from fund managers? Direct lending vs ABF: what are the pros and cons of each approach?
    • ABF in Focus
    How have sub-lines and NAV lines typically interacted and do hybrids work?  When and why would a GP use a NAV facility and do lenders assess potential risks differently? Assessing recent changes in th ...
    • Direct Lending in Focus
    What trends are you seeing? What sectors are you seeing more volume in? What are you avoiding, and why? Handling selection bias
    • ABF in Focus
    A look into both strategies, exploring underwriting, origination, structuring and more.
    • Direct Lending in Focus
    Equity and fundraising: Where is the momentum coming from?
  5. Coffee Break
    • ABF in Focus
    How are banks interacting with the ABF market? How does bank financing fit into the Private Credit discussion?
    • Direct Lending in Focus
    How has market volatility altered the BSL and MM CLO relationship?  Comparing MM CLOs with other lending products
  6. Are we still in the ‘golden age’ of private credit? How will the market deal with a default cycle? Things to watch for 2026 and beyond
  7. Networking Drinks