Private Debt Intelligence – 8/9/2021
Europe outraises North America in Q2
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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