Fund Managers

DOWNLOAD: Goldman leaps to the top of the PDI 50

The US giant has knocked Lone Star off its perch in a year in which the cumulative capital accounted for by private debt's biggest fundraisers was almost double the 2014 total. Check out our interactive guide to the PDI 50.

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Buoyed by a spectacular fundraising year in 2018, Goldman Sachs has leapfrogged eight places to go from ninth to first in our PDI 50 ranking of the largest fundraisers in private debt based on a rolling five-year period. During that time, the firm has accounted for more than $43 billion of raised capital.

Rounding out the top five (in order) are Blackstone, Lone Star (last year’s top-placed firm), Ares and HPS.

The amount raised by the PDI 50 over the qualifying period this year reached more than $708 billion, up 8 percent on last year’s total and almost double the 2014 total.

As in previous years, North America-based firms continued to dominate, but those based in Europe and Asia are gradually making more of a mark.

Our interactive slides above have all the details or you can download the presentation HERE and the supporting data HERE.