Private Debt Intelligence – 7/5/2021
Consumer discretionary tops PD deal activity in North America
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As an industry, consumer discretionary has seen the largest number of private debt deals in North America since 2016, at 1,007 deals with an aggregate deal value of $99.5bn. This includes a recent deal from Blackstone Group to buy Certified Collectibles Group, a company that verifies items like trading cards. Information technology, although not the largest by deal number at 789, outstrips all other industries with an aggregate deal value of $191.4bn.
(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.)
Contact: Laura Messchendorp
laura.messchendorp@preqin.com
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