Private equity and credit: Expanding access

Find out what roles these assets can play in your portfolio

Opportunities in private equity and private credit are expanding, but many of them require looking beyond the headlines and into new areas of investment like European private credit, continuation vehicles, and sports, media, and entertainment. Industry thought leaders share their insights on these investments and more.

PE: The Blurring Line between Public and Private Markets (Mawer IM)

Why companies stay private longer, how secondaries and continuation vehicles have reshaped the industry, and why distributions matter as much as IRR.

PE Emerging Managers: Overlooked in the U.S. Middle Market (Nuveen)

Emerging private equity managers outperform established peers by wide margins, yet remain underallocated. Why?

Continuation Vehicles: Worth the Wait? (Marquette Associates)

CVs have become a mainstream feature of the private equity market, allowing GPs to maximize value by giving strong companies more time to grow.

The Investment Opportunity within Sports, Media and Entertainment (Ares)

Find out why the sports, media, and entertainment (SME) ecosystem is far larger – and more investable – than many allocators realize.

H1 2026 Private Equity Market Overview (Abbott Capital)

Capital and liquidity have been flowing, but narrowly. What does that mean for private equity investors?

LP Compass September 2026 (Houlihan Lokey)

Survey responses overwhelmingly suggest that co-investments and directs will be the fastest-growing segment within private equity for years to come.

Core Mid-Market in European Private Credit (Pemberton)

Europe’s private debt market continues to broaden as rising private equity activity generates growing demand for debt capital from direct lenders.

Price Discovery in Private Credit (Fisher College of Business)

BDCs consequently provide a natural setting to examine how public markets value hard-to-observe private assets.

Private Credit: Looking Beyond the Headlines (Principal Asset Management)

As spreads widen and lender protections improve, opportunities in the lower- and core-middle-market segments of private credit may emerge.

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A New Era of Transparency, Data and Benchmarking (S&P Dow Jones Indices)

Outside of the stress in specific segments of the market, private credit fundamentals generally remain healthy.