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Private Debt Intelligence - 11/6/2017

US-Focused Mezzanine Funds After a record year for US-focused mezzanine fundraising in 2016, 2017 has seen a significant slowdown. In fact, 2016 saw 31 funds secure $28bn in capital, surpassing the previous record levels seen in 2008 when 23 funds closed on $24bn. Following the Global Financial Crisis, 2009 saw a record low in fundraising…

Private Debt Intelligence - 10/30/2017

Asia-Focused Distressed Debt Fundraising Over the past ten years, 26 Asia-focused distressed debt funds have closed, securing $7.8bn. Of those funds, just 13 had a focus on India or China, which raised $4.4bn. Seven of those vehicles were India-focused, while five were China-focused. However, 2015 and 2016 saw a jump in India- and China-focused fundraising,…

Private Debt Intelligence - 10/23/2017

Direct Lending Drives Private Debt Performance Preqin’s latest review of private debt fund performance finds that direct lending funds have been the driving force behind the asset class posting strong recent returns. The strategy has posted horizon IRRs of 15.9% in the year to the end of 2016, significantly higher than any other fund type….

Private Debt Intelligence - 10/16/2017

Private Debt Dry Powder Reaches New Record The capital available to be deployed by private debt fund managers has reached a new record in October 2017, peaking at $226bn. This is in part due to record fundraising in Q4 2016, followed by robust quarterly fundraising in 2017 so far – over the 12 months to…

Private Debt Intelligence - 10/9/2017

Private Debt Fundraising in Q3 by Fund Type In Q3 2017, 25 private debt funds closed, securing an aggregate $20bn in capital. Of these, direct lending represented the largest proportion of private debt fundraising, with 10 direct lending funds securing an aggregate $6.7bn. This is a decrease from last quarter when 14 direct lending funds…

Private Debt Intelligence - 10/2/2017

Asia-Focused Private Debt Fundraising Picks Up in Q3 2017 Private debt fundraising saw continued momentum in Q3 2017, with 25 funds reaching a final close and securing a total of $20bn in investor commitments. This is largely on par with fundraising activity seen in Q2 when 32 funds closed and raised a little under $20bn….

Private Debt Intelligence - 9/25/2017

Private Debt Investors’ Plans for the Next 12 Months The large majority of investors surveyed by Preqin in June 2017 are satisfied with private debt: 80% report that their portfolios have met expectations over the past 12 months. However, the proportion of investors who expect to decrease capital commitments to the asset class in the…

Private Debt Intelligence - 9/18/2017

Investors Satisfied with Private Debt Performance Investors’ positive perception of the private debt industry remains strong moving into H2 2017, as cited by more than half (57%) of survey respondents. Potentially more telling, however, is the consistently low reports of any negative perception from investors…. Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

Private Debt Intelligence - 9/11/2017

Private Debt Fund Managers Gauge Investor Appetite Preqin’s mid-year survey of private debt fund managers found that the vast majority have seen investors become even more keen to participate in the asset class over the past 12 months. Ninety percent of surveyed firms reported that they had seen investor appetite increase in the 12 months…

Private Debt Intelligence - 9/4/2017

Private Debt Fund Managers Adapt to Rising Competition The private debt industry is seeing fundraising figures on pace with those of 2016, and optimism among private debt fund managers for the asset class remains high. However, high levels of deployable capital and an increased number of industry participants have likely contributed to increased difficulty in…