DealCatalyst’s direct lending and middle market finance event takes place May 9-10 in Fort Lauderdale (full agenda here). Ahead of the event, 9fin has partnered with the team to host a number of interviews with speakers scheduled to talk.

The first of three interviews 9fin conducted with speakers at the conference is with Kirsten Hagen, co-founder and partner of direct lending firm Brinley Partners.

Our private credit reporter Shubham Saharan spoke with Kirsten about investor sentiment in private credit and opportunities in the upper middle market.

You can sign up for the DealCatalyst event here. Be sure to say hello to the 9fin team!