Following the recent significant final close of Apollo Investment Fund VIII, the largest buyout vehicle to have reached a final close since the global financial crisis in 2008, Preqin has taken a closer look at the private equity buyout fundraising market.
Following the recent significant final close of Apollo Investment Fund VIII, the largest buyout vehicle to have reached a final close since the global financial crisis in 2008, Preqin has taken a closer look at the private equity buyout fundraising market.
In the factsheet below are key figures including an updated table of the top 10 buyout funds closed ever and the largest buyout funds currently in market, as well as charts examining historical fundraising, the changing average size of final closes, and a breakdown of buyout fundraising by fund size.
The $18.4bn raised by Apollo – including $17.5bn in LP commitments – has pushed the average size of buyout funds closed in 2013 to over $1.2bn, the largest average size seen in any year since the onset of the global financial crisis.
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