Did someone say covid? With private debt’s top 50 fundraisers surpassing $1 trillion in capital over a five-year period, our ninth survey of the market’s top fundraisers demonstrates that the asset class has kept motoring through the pandemic.
“We don’t have a crystal ball, but there’s real momentum in the direct lending market,” says Mitchell Goldstein, partner and co-head of Ares Credit Group, whose parent Ares Management captured the top spot in our ranking for the third year in a row.