Private Debt Performance Spurs Potential Inflows The private debt industry has only become a mainstay of many investors’ portfolios relatively recently, but there is mounting evidence that the returns the asset class is providing for them are spurring investors to allocate ever-increasing levels of capital to the debt market…. Login to Read More...

Is the Italy-Focused Private Debt Industry Set for Growth? The Italy-focused private debt market remains in its infancy – only 13 funds focused on the country have closed since 2004 raising a total €2.6bn – however recent legislative changes announced by Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, may be about to accelerate growth in the country….

Private Debt Investors Target Europe Despite recent lacklustre fundraising activity, the private debt industry continues to attract investors, due to the uncorrelated returns and regular income stream offered by the asset class. Ninety-four percent of private debt investors expect the size of the industry to increase over the next five years, with over a quarter…

North America-Focused Fundraising Falls Sharply in 2016 North America has long been the epicentre of the private debt market, with the largest proportion of fund managers and investors based in the region, and by far the largest proportion of capital raised being focused on investment opportunities there. This reflects the size… Login to Read More...

First-Time Private Debt Fundraising As the closed-end private debt industry grows in size and prominence, new fund managers continue to launch new vehicles in order to take advantage of increasing investor appetite and attractive investment opportunities. However, with the private debt fundraising… Login to Read More...

Distressed Private Equity Excels in PrEQIn Performance Index The PrEQIn Index captures the returns earned by investors, on average, in their private equity portfolios, based on the actual amount of money invested and rebased to a chosen point in time. This makes comparisons possible between different strategies and also with the S&P 500…. Login to

Private Debt sees Imbalanced Fundraising Landscape As of the start of Q3 2016, there were 247 private debt funds in market, targeting an aggregate $141bn in capital commitments. However, the landscape currently shows an imbalanced ratio in terms of the debt types which have the most funds on the road, compared to the corresponding proportion…

Private Debt Industry Achieves Greater Fundraising Success in H1 2016 Although private debt fundraising in Q2 2016 has not matched the record levels seen in recent quarters, H1 2016 as a whole has seen a record proportion of funds exceed their initial target size. The period has also seen a diminishing number of funds fail…

Private Debt Fundraising Shows Signs of Acceleration in Q2 Preqin’s quarterly fundraising update on the private debt industry finds that Q2 showed healthy signs of acceleration, boosting hopes the industry will return to the record fundraising levels seen over the twelve month period between Q4 2014 and Q3 2015. Over the quarter, 28 vehicles… Login

Credit Hedge Fund Performance in 2016 YTD The first months of 2016 were characterised by continued market volatility, and credit-focused hedge funds recorded losses across all sub-strategies in January and February. However, as global turbulence has calmed moving into Q2, all sub-strategies have seen improved performing and posted three consecutive months of gains… Login to