In the second quarter of 2018, 22 private debt funds raised a total of $25bn, up nearly $0.6bn compared to Q2 2017 and up $5.3bn compared to the previous quarter. However, the $44bn raised by the asset class in the first half of the year trails behind the $49bn secured in H1 2017, indicating a sligh…

2018 started strongly for the hedge fund asset class, recording the 15th consecutive month of positive performance in January (+1.92%). However, many hedge funds were unable to capitalize on growing market volatility over the quarter and February saw losses of 0.92% as equity markets globally experi…

Although fundraising in Q1 2018 is off to a slow start, investor appetite for private debt remains strong, with 98% of institutional investors planning to increase or maintain their private debt allocations in the long term. This bodes well for the 350 private debt funds currently in market that are…