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Share of buyout inventory by industry (top 15)
Download PitchBook’s Report here. A clear concentration of buyout inventory resides in four sectors: software, commercial products and services, and healthcare…
Read MoreShare of private debt capital raised by type
Download PitchBook’s Report here. In Q1 2025, the distressed debt substrategy secured $21.4 billion in commitments, largely thanks to the $16 billion…
Read MoreMonths to close for PE funds
Download PitchBook’s Report here. In 2022, GPs began taking longer to close PE funds as exit activity decreased and LPs became…
Read MorePE AUM ($T) forecast*
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Within PE subcategories, we expect buyout funds to continue to garner the bulk of fundraising in the…
Read MoreGlobal private debt dry powder ($B)
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Halfway through 2024, private debt dry powder sat at $566.8 billion—a new high—and is on track for…
Read MorePrivate debt institutional, retail, and insurance AUM ($B)
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Since 2019, PitchBook has tracked 207 private market fund launches across these three vehicle types, all targeting…
Read MoreDirect lending versus buyout fund distribution rates
Download PitchBook’s Report here. In the 12 months ended Q2 2024, private debt returns outpaced all other private market asset classes.
Read MorePrivate debt fund versus leveraged loan returns by quarter
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Private credit spreads are expected to tighten further, even after new-issue spreads already declined significantly in 2024.
Read MorePrivate debt rolling one-year horizon IRR by type
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Of the major substrategies, mezzanine funds led for five consecutive quarters until Q2 2024, when the strategy…
Read MoreNew-issue spread and yield to maturity of loans backing LBOs by quarter
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Borrowers and sponsors, in turn, increasingly appreciated private credit’s certainty of execution, flexibility, willingness to offer PIK…
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