Private Debt Investor Fundraising Reports

Private Debt Investor's Fundraising Reports analyse the current state of the private debt fundraising market and detail the significant trends affecting the market in each quarter.

Fundraising Report Q1 2019

The first quarter of 2019 confirmed one of the most discussed trends in the private debt asset class – the concentration of fundraising power in the hands of a relatively small group of elite managers.

This report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2014-19
  • Year-on-year fundraising by strategy
  • Largest fund closes in Q1 2019
  • Strategy review: European senior debt
  • Regional focus of capital raised in Q1 2019
  • Largest funds in market, 1 April 2019; plus more
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Fundraising Reports Archive

2018 Fundraising Reports

Q1 2018 Fundraising Report

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This report includes:

  • Analysis of private debt fundraising 2011 – Q1 2018
  • Top 10 funds closed in 2018 Q1
  • Strategy and regional breakdown of funds in market
  • An in-depth Q&A with Brian Olvany, Head of Private Debt at Zurich Insurance Group
  • The latest LP insights

H1 2018 Fundraising Report

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This report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising for senior debt funds, 2012-H1 2018
  • Regional focus of capital raised in H1 2018
  • Strategy review: Distressed
  • Strategy review: Senior debt
  • Strategy review: Subordinated

Q3 2018 Fundraising Report

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This report includes:

  • Largest fund closes Q1-Q3 2018
  • Regional focus of capital raised in Q1-Q3 2018
  • Strategy review: Distressed
  • Real estate debt fundraising, 2012-18
  • Largest funds in market, 1 October 2018

Annual Fundraising Report 2018

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This report includes:

  • Year-on-year fundraising, 2013-18
  • Strategy breakdown for 2018 fundraising
  • Largest fund closes in 2018
  • Regional focus of capital raised in 2018
  • Region review: Europe

2017 Fundraising Reports

Q1 Fundraising Report 2017

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This report includes:

  • Top 10 funds closed in Q1 2017
  • Year-on-year fundraising for closed-ended private debt fund, 2010 – Q1 2017
  • Top 10 funds in market Q1 2017
  • Laurie Martin, principal investment officer at Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, discusses the private debt market from the institutional investor’s perspective

H1 Fundraising Report 2017

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This report includes:

  • Geographical focus of closed-ended private debt funds
  • The top 10 private debt funds closed in H1 2017
  • Snapshot of private debt funds in market, H1 2015 – H1 2017
  • The top 10 funds in market as at H1 2017
  • An in-depth Q&A with James Del Gaudio, private debt manager at Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System

Q3 Fundraising Report 2017

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The report includes:

  • Analysis of private debt fundraising 2011 – Q3 2017
  • Strategy and regional breakdown of funds in market
  • An in-depth Q&A with Frank Barbarino, senior investment officer at the Office of New York City Comptroller
  • The latest LP insights

Annual Fundraising Report 2017

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The report includes:

  • Analysis of private debt fundraising 2011 – Q4 2017
  • The top ten funds closed in 2017, with analysis of capital raised by region
  • Strategy and regional breakdown of funds in market
  • An in-depth Q&A with Robert Farrington, director of asset management at Abbot Downing
  • The latest LP insights

2016 Fundraising Reports

Q1 Fundraising Report 2016

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This report includes:

  • A deeper look at the geographical remit and sector focus of funds raised
  • Top ten funds in market or coming to market
  • Analysis of the increase in private debt capital raised for emerging markets
  • Sean Deson, Senior MD of Deson & Co, offers his views on private debt

H1 Fundraising Report 2016

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This report includes:

  • Mathieu Desforges, Senior Director of Opportunistic Credit at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, discusses the current state of the market
  • A geographical breakdown of the investor base within the asset class
  • Analysis of the downturn in fundraising in Western Europe

Q3 Fundraising Report 2016

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This report includes:

  • Two investor profiles – FMO and Employees Retirement System of Texas – showcasing investment allocations to, and appetite for, the asset class
  • Key data from the PDI’s annual ‘Investor Survey’
  • The top ten funds closed in Q3 2016, with analysis of capital raised by regional focus; funds in market by region; plus more

Annual Fundraising Report 2016

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This report includes:

  • Analysis of the real estate debt market, in our ‘In Focus’ feature $141 billion is sought by new funds
  • The top ten funds closed in 2016, with analysis of capital raised by region
  • An in-depth Q&A with Joaquin Lujan, director of rates & credit at the Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico
  • A review of Q4 2016 private debt fundraising; current funds in market by region; plus more

Our methodology

Our unique market access means LPs and GPs take our calls and answer our questions. So our investor and fund data is constantly maintained and kept fresh. We constantly monitor multiple news sources and regulatory filings to ensure that our LP profiles and GP profiles database are up to date with current events.

Also, interviews, insight and analysis from Private Debt Investor’s journalists are delivered alongside the raw facts and figures giving you the full picture on LPs and GPs.

Our R&A team

Private Debt Investor has teams of researchers and analysts based in London, New York and Hong Kong, who are in constant contact with investors and fund managers across the world.

Our researchers are also on hand to conduct bespoke research requests and respond to client queries. So, if you need an update on a particular LP or GP profile, you can contact us by phone or ask us a question online and we’ll get back to you from one of our three offices.

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