Direct lending drives private debt growth Read more in Preqin’s Insights+ Report: Future of Alternatives 2029. Fund managers and investors alike have high hopes for private debt, with GPs launching strategies or acquiring specialist managers and LPs overwhelmingly maintaining or increasing allocations to the asset class (99% in our last Investor Survey)…. Subscribe to Read
Investor sentiment towards private debt remains strong Read more in Preqin’s: Trending Data: Investor interest grows in private equity, real estate, and VC. Private debt remains the most popular alternative asset class among investors, scoring 70.9% on Preqin’s Investor Sentiment Index…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Private debt fundraising recovers toward trend Read more in Preqin’s Insights+ Report: Investor Outlook: H2 2024 Half of LPs surveyed in June for Preqin’s Investor Outlook plan to commit more capital to private debt over the next 12 months…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Private debt fundraising recovers toward trend Read more in Private Debt Q2 2024: Preqin Quarterly Update Private debt funds raised $50.4bn in the second quarter of 2024, boosted by a more settled economic outlook. This was a welcome return to the recent average fundraising, after a weak start to the year…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready
Family office investors favor private debt Read more in Preqin’s Insights+ Research Note: Private wealth’s path into US private debt Family offices, which make up over a third of the private wealth entities, are showing a clear appetite for private debt strategies…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
India overtakes China in private debt AUM Read more in Preqin’s Insights+ Report: Alternatives in APAC 2024 Private debt in APAC has nearly doubled in the five years leading to September 2023. growing from $62.5bn in AUM to $123.5bn…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Mega funds exert dominance in US buyouts Read Preqin’s ‘Buyouts in North America: A Preqin Primer‘. The average size of US-focused buyout funds more than doubled from 2021 to 2023 to $750.7mn (aggregate $95.3bn), driven by a big increase in the very largest funds, according to Preqin data…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log
Distressed debt leads Preqin’s performance forecasts Preqin forecasts that returns from private debt will remain steady up to 2028 at 9.8% per annum (a drop of just 0.1% from the 2019-2022 period). Direct lending returns are forecast to drop to 7.3% for 2022-2028, down from 8.6% for 2019-2022, reflecting a focus on more conservative loans…
Is an IPO revival in the pipeline? The IPO market ran cold in 2023 as high global interest rates, continued volatility, and poor after-market performance led companies to hold off, and wait for a more stable macroeconomic climate…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...
Direct lending dominates first quarter fundraising Demand for direct lending strategies has increased consistently over the past 15 years, as private credit has evolved from niche products such as mezzanine and distressed debt to a mainstream source of finance for deals and companies…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...