High number of PD funds in market due to direct lending
Both the number of private debt funds in market and the amount of capital targeted continued to rise through H1 2021. As of July 2021, private debt managers are targeting $295bn across 651 funds. Year-on-year growth has more than doubled 2017’s number of funds in market, when there were 202 funds targeting $130bn.
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