Share of private debt capital raised by type Download PitchBook’s Report here. In Q1 2025, the distressed debt substrategy secured $21.4 billion in commitments, largely thanks to the $16 billion fund raised by Oaktree Capital Management, putting distressed debt in line to easily surpass its five-year annual average of $28.5 billion…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Months to close for PE funds Download PitchBook’s Report here. In 2022, GPs began taking longer to close PE funds as exit activity decreased and LPs became more capital constrained as a result…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
PE AUM ($T) forecast* Download PitchBook’s Report here. Within PE subcategories, we expect buyout funds to continue to garner the bulk of fundraising in the coming years, but growth funds have seen increasing LP interest and offer an alternative to the VC asset class…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Global private debt dry powder ($B) Download PitchBook’s Report here. Halfway through 2024, private debt dry powder sat at $566.8 billion—a new high—and is on track for its second consecutive year of growth…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Private debt institutional, retail, and insurance AUM ($B) Download PitchBook’s Report here. Since 2019, PitchBook has tracked 207 private market fund launches across these three vehicle types, all targeting the private wealth channel; the total net assets in these vehicles were $274.8 billion as of July 31, 2024…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in
Direct lending versus buyout fund distribution rates Download PitchBook’s Report here. In the 12 months ended Q2 2024, private debt returns outpaced all other private market asset classes…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Private debt fund versus leveraged loan returns by quarter Download PitchBook’s Report here. Private credit spreads are expected to tighten further, even after new-issue spreads already declined significantly in 2024…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Private debt rolling one-year horizon IRR by type Download PitchBook’s Report here. Of the major substrategies, mezzanine funds led for five consecutive quarters until Q2 2024, when the strategy fell to third…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
New-issue spread and yield to maturity of loans backing LBOs by quarter Download PitchBook’s Report here. Borrowers and sponsors, in turn, increasingly appreciated private credit’s certainty of execution, flexibility, willingness to offer PIK options and delayed-draw term loans, and bespoke terms that facilitated navigating downturns…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Share of private debt capital raised by strategy Download PitchBook’s Report here. Direct lending led as the top fundraising substrategy within private debt, accounting for 60.7% of the capital raised in 2024…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...