Jan 07, 2020 · The private equity industry has a problem. A big one. Dry powder, or uninvested cash, at private equity firms, totaled $1.45 trillion at the end of 2019. That figure is the highest ever, according to industry research firm Preqin. The figure is double what it was five years ago.
Oct 15, 2020 · Funding to North American startups did not slow down in the just-ended quarter. In fact, deal-making at the later stages picked up, as did big-ticket acquisitions and public market debuts for a slew of heavily funded venture-backed companies.
Dec 30, 2015 · MarshBerry pegs the amount of “dry powder” — private equity money that could be used to fund M&A deals — at $139.3 billion, much of the total originating in vintage funds dating to 2007.
Global dry powder expanded 11.2% year-to-date through August to $2.1 trillion, with private equity buyout funds accounting for the largest share at 35% and growth funds increasing most rapidly at ...
Private credit funds have nearly $300 billion of dry powder ready to be invested should suitable opportunities arise (Graph A, left-hand panel). As a result, subscription credit lines are a potentially significant channel of indirect bank exposure to private credit, echoing the indirect exposure of banks to CLOs that arises from prime brokerage ...