Invest Like The Best
Episode 172 An Update on Private Credit
Invest Like The Best

Episode 172: An Update on Private Credit

Invest Like The Best

Episode 172

An Update on Private Credit

Ali is the co-founder of CoVenture, an investor and lender to early-stage technology companies. We cover what has happened so far in private credit and venture capital during the COVID crisis, what parts of each market have changed, and where opportunities may lie in the future.

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[00:01:41] – (First question) – The world of private credit in the pandemic age

[00:04:50] – Bag of uncertainty 

[00:06:27] – Important levers in private credit 

[00:09:15] – Scary scenarios and systemic risks in this world

[00:13:21] – General trends in credit data

[00:15:30] – Are investors factoring government response properly

[00:17:02] – Defining advanced rates

[00:20:18] – Focus on quality vs rate of return now

[00:22:26] – Pockets of opportunity as uncertainty declines 

[00:26:06] – Online ecommerce platforms, like the YouTube economy 

[00:29:40] – Non advertising driven ecommerce platforms 

[00:31:54] – How venture capital is responding

[00:38:19] – How junior debt could be an opportunity

[00:40:17] – Trends he’s thinking about, like redefining small businesses 

[00:43:07] – Ali Hamed Podcast Episode

An Update on Private Credit

Introduction

Patrick
My guest today is popular past guest, Ali Hamed, who joins us for an update on private credit. We discuss what has happened so far, what parts of the market are frozen, and where opportunities may lie. We also talk about how the world has shifted digitally since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Please enjoy my conversation with my friend, Ali Hamed.

Private Credit: A State of the Union

So, Ali, I've been doing a lot of these updates on specific areas of the market in the COVID era. I haven't done private credit yet. I've been really excited to talk to you about, not just private credit, but all you see in the ecosystem that you operate in. Maybe you could begin by giving me a sort of state of the union. What are you focused on right now? What's been surprising or unsurprising about the world of private credit and how it's reacted to COVID thus far?

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