Fundraising hits a new low

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Raising capital in the first half of this year was even tougher than at the height of the pandemic, but fund sizes are at all-time highs.

First-half fundraising among private debt funds in 2022 is the lowest it has been in our sample at $91.9 billion, even slightly lower than the first half of 2020 when the covid-19 pandemic first rocked world markets, according to Private Debt Investor data.