95% of fund managers believe private debt market will grow: survey

Despite current economic uncertainty, an overwhelming majority (95%) of investors and managers believe the private debt market will continue to grow over the next three years, according to a survey conducted by IQ-EQ and IFI Global. To feed into this paper, investors and managers spanning Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific with a combined overall AUM of $388 billion were interviewed in May and June 2020 for their views on the prospects of the private debt market given the recent economic dislocation. Without a doubt, the pandemic has served the private debt market its first real t...