Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America

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1 Content Includes: Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America Fundraising North America-focused fundraising strong in the first half of 2015 while Europe lags behind. June 2015 Funds in Market Distressed debt vehicles dominate North Americafocused funds currently seeking capital. Dry Powder League tables of the largest North America-based fund managers by estimated dry powder and capital raised in the last decade. Institutional Investors North American public pension funds among the largest allocators to private debt. alternative assets. intelligent data.

2 Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America Download the data pack: Foreword The North American private debt industry, once fl edgling among the rest of the alternative asset space, has seen substantial growth in assets over the last decade. In the US, debt fund managers continue to participate within the private equity space, primarily as debt sponsors for various types of leveraged transactions. In addition, private debt has grown as a result of fund managers increasingly acting as non-bank lenders within the direct leveraged loan space, a strategy that has developed as even the most durable banks have seen capital and regulatory constraints affect operations. In a low-interest rate environment, the search for yield has made direct lending, specifi cally vehicles at the lower end of the risk spectrum, viable fi xed income alternatives offering attractive risk-adjusted returns. For institutional investors, private credit strategies now increasingly fall under the blanket of fi xed income allocations, bringing along a normalization and familiarity of the market segment. In this report, we look at the private debt market in North America by examining historical fundraising, funds in market, dry powder and investors, drawing on the wealth of individual fi rm- and fund-level data available on Preqin s Private Debt Online service. Contents Fundraising 3 Funds in Market 4 Dry Powder 5 Institutional Investors 6 Outlook 7 Key Facts $20bn Amount of capital secured by North America-focused private debt funds closed in 2015 so far. 49 Number of direct lending funds currently in market targeting North America. $8bn Amount of capital secured by GS Mezzanine Partners VI, the largest fund closed in 2015 YTD. $ Amount $109bn of dry powder currently held by North America-focused private debt funds. All rights reserved. The entire contents of Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America, June 2015 are the Copyright of Preqin Ltd. No part of this publication or any information contained in it may be copied, transmitted by any electronic means, or stored in any electronic or other data storage medium, or printed or published in any document, report or publication, without the express prior written approval of Preqin Ltd. The information presented in Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America, June 2015 is for information purposes only and does not constitute and should not be construed as a solicitation or other offer, or recommendation to acquire or dispose of any investment or to engage in any other transaction, or as advice of any nature whatsoever. If the reader seeks advice rather than information then he should seek an independent fi nancial advisor and hereby agrees that he will not hold Preqin Ltd. responsible in law or equity for any decisions of whatever nature the reader makes or refrains from making following its use of Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America, June While reasonable efforts have been made to obtain information from sources that are believed to be accurate, and to confi rm the accuracy of such information wherever possible, Preqin Ltd. does not make any representation or warranty that the information or opinions contained in Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America, June 2015 are accurate, reliable, up-to-date or complete. Although every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication Preqin Ltd. does not accept any responsibility for any errors or omissions within Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America, June 2015 or for any expense or other loss alleged to have arisen in any way with a reader s use of this publication Preqin Ltd. /

3 Download the data pack: Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America Fundraising Historical Fundraising North America-focused funds closed in 2014 across the entire private credit space totaled $40.2bn, while during the same period Europe-focused funds captured $22.0bn (Fig. 1). This was a huge leap forward for the growth of the European market, which garnered the majority of headlines throughout the year. Nevertheless, the size and scale of the European market is only a fraction of the North American industry. So far during 2015, 23 North America-focused funds have closed securing $20.4bn, while just fi ve Europe-focused vehicles have reached a fi nal close with $4.1bn in investor commitments. It is expected though, that with recent regulation and reformation within the European banking system, the European Union (EU) lending landscape will continue to grow and is likely to shift more closely to model the US. Alternative lending in the US represents around 85% of leveraged loan activity, whereas in Europe that fi gure stands near 20%. Largest Fund Closes Fig. 2 shows that funds closed so far in 2015 are diverse in terms of strategy, with four strategies making up the top 10 funds closed. The $8bn GS Mezzanine Partners VI leads the way and is the second largest mezzanine fund closed on record. Fig. 1: Annual Private Debt Fundraising by Region: North America vs. Europe, YTD (As at 18 May 2015) Year of Final Close North America-Focused Funds No. of Funds Closed Aggregate Capital Raised ($bn) No. of Funds Closed Europe-Focused Funds Aggregate Capital Raised ($bn) YTD Fig. 2: 10 Largest North America-Focused Private Debt Funds Closed, 2015 YTD (As at 18 May 2015) Fund Firm Type Final Size ($mn) GS Mezzanine Partners VI Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division Mezzanine 8,000 TCW Direct Lending Fund TCW Group Direct Lending 2,000 Ares Special Situations Fund IV Ares Management Special Situations 1,500 KKR Lending Partners II KKR Direct Lending 1,340 Monarch Alternative Capital Partners III Monarch Alternative Capital Distressed Debt 1,220 Apollo Energy Opportunity Fund Apollo Global Management Distressed Debt 1,050 Morgan Stanley Credit Partners II Morgan Stanley Credit Partners Mezzanine 1,000 OrbiMed Royalty Opportunities Fund II OrbiMed Advisors Mezzanine 924 Norwest Mezzanine Partners IV Norwest Mezzanine Partners Mezzanine 800 ComVest Capital Partners III ComVest Partners Direct Lending Preqin Ltd. /

4 Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America Download the data pack: Funds in Market As shown in Fig. 3, 49 direct lending funds are currently in market with a North American focus, the highest number across any region or fund type. Interestingly, the aggregate $17bn targeted across these 49 funds is just over half of the aggregate $33bn being sought by North America-focused distressed debt funds currently in market. The large difference in capital sought between the two most prominent private credit strategies is evidenced further by Fig. 4, which shows the 10 largest North America-focused funds currently in market. Nine of these are distressed debt funds, the largest of which is Oaktree Opportunities Fund Xb, the $7bn opportunistic reserve vehicle for the $3bn Oaktree Opportunities Fund X. With so many distressed debt funds currently in market seeking large amounts of capital, the make-up of funds closed in the second half of the year could look very different to the start of Fig. 3: Breakdown of North America-Focused Private Debt Funds in Market by Fund Type (As at 18 May 2015) Direct Lending 35 Mezzanine Special Situations Distressed Debt Fund Type Fund of Funds Venture Debt No. of Funds Raising Aggregate Target Capital ($bn) Fig. 4: 10 Largest North America-Focused Private Debt Funds in Market (As at 18 May 2015) Fund Firm Type Target Size ($mn) Fund Status Oaktree Opportunities Fund Xb Oaktree Capital Management Distressed Debt 7,000 Raising Cerberus Institutional Partners VI Cerberus Capital Management Distressed Debt 3,000 Raising Oaktree Opportunities Fund X Oaktree Capital Management Distressed Debt 3,000 Raising Sankaty Credit Opportunities VI Sankaty Advisors Distressed Debt 3,000 Raising MHR Institutional Partners IV MHR Fund Management Distressed Debt 2,750 Raising GSO Distressed Energy Fund GSO Capital Partners Distressed Debt 2,500 Raising CVI Credit Value Fund III CarVal Investors Distressed Debt 2,000 Second Close Oaktree Principal Fund VI Oaktree Capital Management Distressed Debt 1,800 Third Close Oaktree Mezzanine Fund IV Oaktree Capital Management Mezzanine 1,500 First Close Catalyst Fund V The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. Distressed Debt 1,250 First Close The 2015 Preqin Global Private Debt Report Assembled by our dedicated teams of multilingual analysts based around the world, the 44-page 2015 Preqin Global Private Debt Report includes all the most important developments alongside historical data, enabling you to put recent trends into context. Content includes: Industry overview Commentary from key industry figures AUM and dry powder Investors Performance Fundraising Fund managers Service providers Fund terms and conditions For more information, please visit: Preqin Ltd. /

5 Download the data pack: Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America Dry Powder As shown in Fig. 5, dry powder among North America-focused funds stands at $109bn as of May 2015, representing 62% of total dry powder held by private debt funds globally. North Americafocused dry powder peaked at $124bn in December 2013, following the most successful year for private debt fundraising globally since Dry powder for the region is also up 15% since the end of 2014 as a result of strong fundraising in the first half of this year, with several large funds having been closed already in 2015, led by some of the most established fund managers in the industry. As demonstrated in Fig. 6, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division has the largest amount of dry powder available among North America-based private debt fund managers at $13.2bn. Oaktree Capital Management, which has several large funds currently in market, has raised the most capital for private debt investment over the last 10 years, having secured more than $55bn in capital commitments, as shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 5: North America-Focused Private Debt Dry Powder, December May 2015 Dry Powder ($bn) Dec-03 Dec-04 Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec May-15 Fig. 6: 10 Largest North America-Based Private Debt Fund Managers by Estimated Dry Powder Rank Firm Estimated Dry Powder ($bn) 1 Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division Oaktree Capital Management GSO Capital Partners Ares Management Centerbridge Capital Partners Cerberus Capital Management Apollo Global Management G Capital KPS Capital Partners Fortress Investment Group 2.9 Fig. 7: 10 Largest North America-Based Private Debt Fund Managers by Estimated Direct Lending Dry Powder Rank Firm Estimated Direct Lending Dry Powder ($bn) 1 Ares Management Oaktree Capital Management Apollo Global Management Cerberus Capital Management TCW Group ABRY Partners Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division Czech Asset Management KKR Providence Equity Partners 1.2 Fig. 8: 10 Largest North America-Based Private Debt Fund Managers by Total Funds Raised in the Last 10 Years Rank Firm Total Funds Raised in Last 10 Years ($bn) 1 Oaktree Capital Management Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division Centerbridge Capital Partners Avenue Capital Group GSO Capital Partners Apollo Global Management Cerberus Capital Management CarVal Investors Sankaty Advisors Fortress Investment Group 10.7 Fig. 9: 10 Largest North America-Based Private Debt Fund Managers by Total Direct Lending Funds Raised in the Last 10 Years Rank Firm Total Direct Lending Funds Raised in Last 10 Years ($bn) 1 Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division Oaktree Capital Management Ares Management Apollo Global Management Golub Capital Providence Equity Partners ABRY Partners Highbridge Principal Strategies KKR Czech Asset Management Preqin Ltd. /

6 Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America Download the data pack: Institutional Investors Public pension funds represent seven of the 10 largest institutional investors in private debt in North America by current allocation, as shown in Fig. 10. New York State Teachers Retirement System has the largest current allocation to the asset class at $5.2bn. Insurance companies currently make up the remainder of the 10 largest allocators to the asset class. Preqin s Private Debt Online currently tracks more than 1,100 institutional investors with a preference for investing in North America-focused private debt funds, a number that has grown rapidly as private debt has gained traction within investors portfolios over the last decade. Fig. 11 shows the 10 largest Europe-based investors in private debt ranked by current allocation for comparison; while all of the top 10 North America-based investors allocate more than $1bn to the asset class, only six of the top 10 Europe-based investors currently do so. This is likely a result of the private debt industry in North America being more developed than in Europe and many investors preferring to make domestic investments. As the industry matures within Europe, the trend will likely move away from fund of funds investments, as larger allocations will warrant direct fund investment from institutional investors increasing private debt exposure. Fig. 10: 10 Largest North America-Based Investors by Current Allocation to Private Debt Investor Type Assets under Management ($bn) Current Allocation to Private Debt ($bn) New York State Teachers' Retirement System Public Pension Fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Public Pension Fund Phoenix Companies Insurance Company Oregon State Treasury Public Pension Fund Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Insurance Company Texas County & District Retirement System Public Pension Fund New Mexico Educational Retirement Board Public Pension Fund Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System Public Pension Fund Arizona State Retirement System Public Pension Fund CIGNA Insurance Company Fig. 11: 10 Largest Europe-Based Investors by Current Allocation to Private Debt Investor Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) Partners Group Type Assets under Management ($bn) Current Allocation to Private Debt ($bn) Government Agency Private Equity Fund of Funds Manager Altius Associates Private Equity Fund of Funds Manager Friends Life Asset Manager Ardian Private Equity Fund of Funds Manager Pension Protection Fund Private Sector Pension Fund MN Asset Manager Amundi Private Equity Funds Private Equity Fund of Funds Manager Prime Capital Asset Manager AP-Fonden 4 Public Pension Fund Preqin Ltd. /

7 Download the data pack: Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America Outlook The outlook for the North American private debt market remains positive, as US banking regulation is not expected to soften in the near and medium term. Instead, banks and private debt managers will likely continue to work in concert both through syndication agreements and on both sides of the lending border that separates what each group defines as creditworthiness. Potential impending interest rate movement in the second half of 2015 could affect the private debt space at large, but as most private lending agreements are constructed with variable or floating rates, the interest rate exposure and risk is minimized, protecting against such developments. Another theme among credit managers has been the migration to participation in direct lending, where continued growth is expected and necessary to help fuel economic growth via private financing options. As private debt has clearly become an integral source of funding for small and medium sized businesses in North America, it will be interesting to monitor performance throughout diverse economic cycles, wherein the potential for default could hinder the return profiles that had originally attracted conservative investment capital across all strategies. Source new investors for funds Identify new investment opportunities Conduct competitor and market analysis Track firms with capital available to invest Develop new business Register for demo access to find out how Preqin s Private Debt Online can help your business: alternative assets. intelligent data.

8 Preqin Special Report: Private Debt in North America June 2015 Preqin: Global Data and Intelligence With global coverage and detailed information on all aspects of the private debt asset class, Preqin s industry-leading Private Debt Online service keeps you up-to-date on all the latest developments in the private debt universe. Source new investors for funds Find the most relevant investors, with access to detailed profi les for over 1,500 institutional investors actively investing in private debt, including information on their current fund searches and mandates, direct contact information and sample investments. Identify potential investment opportunities View in-depth profi les for over 1,650 unlisted private debt funds, including information on investment strategy, geographic focus, fundraising progress, service providers used and sample investors. Find active fund managers in private debt Search for fi rms actively targeting private debt investments. View information on key contacts, fi rm fundraising and performance history, and applied strategies of the fi rm. Analyze the latest private debt fundraising activity See which fi rms are currently on the road raising a private debt fund and which will be coming to market soon. Analyze fundraising over time by fund type, manager location and regional focus, and conduct competitor analysis. Benchmark performance Identify which fund managers have the best track records, with performance benchmarks for private debt funds and performance details for over 630 individual named funds. View detailed profiles of service providers Search for administrators, placement agents and law fi rms active in the private debt industry by type and location of funds, and the managers they work with. Find out how Preqin s range of private debt products and services can help you: If you want any further information, or would like a demo of our products, please contact us: New York: One Grand Central Place 60 E 42nd Street Suite 630 New York NY Tel: Fax: London: 3rd Floor Vintners Place 68 Upper Thames Street London EC4V 3BJ Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) Singapore: One Finlayson Green #11-02 Singapore Tel: Fax: San Francisco: 1700 Montgomery Street Suite 134 San Francisco CA Tel: Fax: info@preqin.com Web: