The year our manager ranking doubled in size As we moved from 50 fundraisers to 100 in our annual ranking, investor appetite for private debt has soared to new record levels. This year, we published the PDI 100 ranking of private debt’s top fundraisers over a five-year period. Having started with the PDI 30, we…
German buyouts set new records As mid-market activity soars, debt funds continue their relentless advance and the banks have revived too. One quick conclusion that can be drawn from the latest version of MidCap Monitor, published by investment bank GCA Altium, is that the German leveraged buyout market is in fine shape. The 102 successfully…
ESG moves to centre stage But while progress is being made on the investment side, there are question marks over reporting. New research from trade body the Alternative Credit Council in partnership with law firm Allen & Overy reveals that private credit managers are accelerating the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into their…
New ways of accessing private debt for hungry LPs Permanent capital is the holy grail for fund managers looking to expand their fundraising potential even further. In the previous edition of PDI Picks, we provided a glimpse of our Global Investor 30 ranking of the largest LPs in private debt and included a table of…
Five observations from the Global Investor 30 There are no signs yet of the pandemic having had any negative effect on investor enthusiasm for private debt. We look at five takeaways from our latest ranking of private debt’s top LPs. 1. Appetite through the roof Our latest ranking of private debt’s 30 largest investors shows…
Fundraising puts the pandemic in the rear mirror The year as a whole looks set to move comfortably past the total raised in 2020. Private debt fundraising had a tough time of it last year, fighting its way through the challenges of covid-19 and the enforced remote due diligence that it brought in its wake,…
Is distressed debt an old-fashioned notion? Traditional cycles may be a thing of the past – what matters is having the skills to take advantage of challenging situations. To say there’s no such thing as distressed debt any more perhaps suggests the kind of over-optimism associated with the claim that first emerged in the dotcom…
The challenge of meeting ESG ambitions Sustainability is increasingly being factored into investment decisions, but there is little uniformity in approach. Everyone can agree that taking environmental, social and governance issues into account is now a greater priority for private debt fund managers than it has ever been in the past. But questions remain over…
Canada calling The Canadian market is relatively small but trends point to significant future growth. For a long time, a handful of domestic banks have dominated the private debt market in Canada. But that is slowly starting to change. Fund managers, both local and foreign, want a bigger piece of the pie and are beefing…
Europe is also heating up It’s not just the US seeing transaction activity hit the heights. The leveraged buyout market is helping to create a boom in Europe, too. In last week’s edition of Lead Left, we reflected in this column on the “white hot” US deals market. In Europe, it’s a similar story, with…