There is no slow-down in capital deployed to alternative investments globally, according to Dasseti and Alternatives Watch Research in it 2023 Manager Compendium research report.
Following a review of six asset classes across private markets, including private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, private credit, real estate and infrastructure, approximately $746 billion was either deployed or committed during the 12 months ending March 31, 2023.
Findings include:
Private equity led the way in fundraising, totaling 61 percent of the overall private market assets raised for the year ending March 31, 2023.
Credit strategies, including direct lending, distressed and CLO strategies, were also popular, with $159.8 billion raised during the year, roughly 21 percent of the overall activity.
Firms that raised the largest funds in the survey of the alternative landscape were: Advent International, Blackstone, Thoma Bravo, KKR, I Squared