Private Debt Intelligence – 8/9/2021

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Europe outraises North America in Q2

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Globally, both the number of private debt funds in market and the amount of capital targeted continued to rise through Q2 2021. North America-focused funds saw the largest number of closes over Q2 2021, with 27 funds compared to Europe’s eight. However, these eight Europe-focused funds raised $22.0bn, while North America-based funds raised $2.5bn less at $19.5bn. In Q2 last year funds in North America both closed more funds and raised more capital than Europe, as 26 North American funds raised $223.3bn compared to 14 funds raising $8.9bn in Europe.

(Past performance is no guarantee of future results.)

Contact: Laura Messchendorp
laura.messchendorp@preqin.com

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