Private Debt Funds’ Time on the Road Preqin here compares the time spent on the road by private debt and buyout funds currently in market. This demonstrates that although buyout funds are more likely to experience a quick fundraising process, they are also more likely to remain in market for several years. … Login to Read

Private Debt Fundraising Pool Widens The closed-end private debt fundraising market is broadening, as more fund managers continue to form and bring funds to market. Consequently, the largest private debt firms are accounting for a smaller proportion of total fundraising activity,… Login to Read More...

Sovereign Wealth Funds Look to Private Debt Sovereign wealth fund investors are increasingly looking to make private debt investments an element of their portfolios. The latest research from Preqin finds that the proportion of sovereign wealth funds currently investing in the asset class has increased… Login to Read More...

The UK vs Europe: Private Debt Fundraising Europe-focused fundraising has typically been driven by vehicles based in the UK: since the start of 2010, UK-based funds have raised a cumulative €50bn in investor commitments,… Login to Read More...

US Direct Lending Funds Approach $100bn in AUM The direct lending market in the US has been growing consistently since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Given the long-term low-interest environment, many investors have been looking for alternatives to supplement their fixed income investments, which have seen yields remain low. Direct lending, in this context,… Login

Private Debt Investment Consultant Outlook In November 2016, Preqin conducted a survey of 49 alternative investment consultants in order to determine their sentiment on the private debt asset class, and their regional, structural and strategic preferences for the coming year. Investment consultants identified direct lending as the most promising private debt fund type heading into…

Private Debt Fund Manager Outlook: H1 2017  A Preqin survey of 73 private debt fund managers conducted in November 2016 finds that private debt fund managers intend to deploy more capital in 2017 than the previous year, despite concerns surrounding an environment of high valuations and stiff competition for investor commitments…. Login to Read More...

Private Debt Funds in Market by Geography As at the start of Q2 2017, there were 284 private debt funds in market seeking an aggregate $112bn of investor capital. These figures were roughly the same as they were a year previous, when 260 funds were targeting $123bn globally. Europe was the only region which recorded…

Private Debt Dry Powder by Geographic Focus While fundraising has been strong in recent years, private debt managers are managing to deploy capital at a similar rate to securing commitments from investors. As such, the level of dry powder has remained relatively constant in recent years, but has risen notably since the end of 2012….