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Summary
Private credit continues to attract significant investor interest as allocations expand across direct lending, asset-backed finance, capital solutions, and other specialized strategies. At the same time, evolving market dynamics and changing investor preferences are shaping how market participants assess risk, allocate capital, and evaluate opportunities.
Join industry thought leaders for a discussion on the trends shaping today's private credit landscape. The panel will examine the current state of middle-market lending, explore developments in borrower fundamentals and credit quality, and discuss how investors across the spectrum are navigating today's market environment. The conversation will also explore fundraising activity, capital flows, and the themes expected to influence private credit markets in the months ahead.
Key Takeaways
- Gain insights into the market trends shaping private credit investment activity and capital allocation.
- Understand the factors influencing borrower performance and credit quality across middle-market lending.
- Hear how investors are positioning portfolios and identifying opportunities across an evolving private credit landscape.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
James Harvey
Private Credit Editor, With Intelligence
Private Credit Editor, With Intelligence
S&P Global Ratings
Ramki Muthukrishnan
Managing Director & Analytical Manager, US Non-Banking Financial Institutions
Ramki Muthukrishnan is a Managing Director and heads the Non-Banking Finance team at S&P ratings. In this role, Ramki has oversight on over 165 ratings from various subsectors including BDCs, Asset Managers, Operating lease companies, consumer and commercial lending. Prior to his current role, Ramki headed the leveraged finance team where he directed directs efforts in the US leverage finance and recovery analytics, leveraged finance research and commentary. Prior to his current role, he headed the surveillance function for US CLOs and the US RMBS functions at S&P. Ramki also leads all research and outreach in Credit Estimates and Private Credit on the analytical side. Ramki has over 20 years of experience in corporate, CLOs and RMBS ratings. In 2023, Ramki was identified by Business Insider as 10 industry leaders transforming business for his work on Private Credit.
Before joining S&P Global, Ramki worked at Syntel Inc., a Michigan-based technology consulting company and prior to that, at Motorola, India.
Ramki sits on the Board of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA).
Ramki holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Madras University, a master’s from Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur and an MBA from Yale School of Management.
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