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It’s often said you should never rush to conclusions. Was the decline in global private debt fundraising a sensible pause for breath by investors that had committed unprecedented sums to the asset class the previous year? Or was it more a case of investors taking fright because of concerns about economic and political volatility – as well as increasingly questionable deal structures?
It may take a while before answers to these questions become apparent, but one thing that can be seen clearly from the fundraising data we compile is that Europe bucked the trend.
