Private Debt Fund Performance by Strategy

Preqin research finds that the performance of the most prominent private debt strategies – direct lending, distressed debt and mezzanine funds – has been robust, although there is clear fluctuation between vehicles of different vintage periods.

Among 2008-2009 vintage private debt funds, it is distressed debt funds that have the highest median net IRR of any strategy, with returns of 14.8%. These funds were making their first investments during...