Private Real Estate Debt Attracts Investors The private real estate debt market has grown significantly in recent years as fund managers have sought to capitalize on the opportunity provided by banking regulation, and investors have targeted exposure to the stable income and portfolio diversification that debt investments can provide…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member?

Private Debt in Asia Struggles to Gain Ground The Asian private debt market is still relatively small. While the industry has grown rapidly in the more developed markets of North America and Europe, expansion has been slower in Asia, and the region has yet to reach a ‘critical mass’, so activity remains cyclical…. Subscribe to

Private Debt Keeps Performing Well Over the one-, three- and five-year periods to June 2018, mezzanine funds have outperformed all other private debt strategies, generating an annualized return of 11.5% over five years. In contrast, direct lending funds have produced the lowest returns over these timeframes, generating just 4.7% over five years, while distressed debt…

Private Debt Investors Remain Cautious During Q1 2019, private debt investors issued 249 fund searches and mandates for investments they are targeting in the coming 12 months. Perhaps due to their concern about the prospect of an equity market downturn, it seems that institutions are taking a generally cautious attitude to the asset class…. Subscribe

Private Debt Funds in Market The private debt fundraising marketplace is becoming increasingly crowded: as of the start of April 2019, there are 407 vehicles seeking a total of $182bn from investors. These figures have continued to increase from the 395 funds seeking $168bn at the start of the year to reach a new record…

Private Debt Fundraising Falls in Q1 Private debt fundraising has been cyclical in recent quarters, with significant spikes in Q4 2017 and Q2 2018 failing to generate consistent momentum. The asset class has certainly not accelerated in the opening quarter of 2019: as well as the number of fund closures falling from 57 in Q4…

Investor Satisfaction Dims in 2019 Private debt investors remain committed to the asset class, and their overall perception of the industry is positive. But Preqin’s latest surveys find that investor satisfaction has dimmed slightly at the end of 2018, as institutions foresee challenges for the industry in the months ahead…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a

Women in Private Debt It is well-known that the representation of women in the alternative assets industry is relatively low, but the latest research from Preqin shows that women represent just 19.1% of employees in the private debt industry in 2019…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Ample Room Left for Private Debt Growth Investors are, on average, well below their target allocations to private debt, and over the next 12 months a third of investors will look to commit more capital than they did in the previous 12 months in an effort to move closer to their targets. Over the longer…

An Insight into Private Debt Returns Private debt has flourished in recent years: the asset class has raised over $100bn each year for the past four years and assets under management has reached a record $769bn as at the end of June – the latest data available. And while almost a third (32%) of investors…