Public Relations and Social Media Manager, Dechert LLP

Peggy Heffner

Public Relations and Social Media Manager

Dechert is a global specialist law firm

Dechert LLP

Dechert is a global specialist law firm.
Focused on sectors with the greatest complexities, legal intricacies and highest regulatory demands, we excel in delivering practical commercial judgment and deep legal expertise for high-stakes matters.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Peru Financials / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<div class="content-highlight"><p>The private credit industry is on track to reach around $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM) by 2020, according to ACC and Preqin data. The historic compound annual growth rate of 20% of the industry has seen the sector increase in size 14-fold since 2000, reaching over $600 billion by the end of 2016.</p></div><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/035/038/original/Screen%20Shot%202017-10-05%20at%208.47.05%20AM.png?1507168161" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="35038"></figure><p><strong>The 2017 research comes as the private credit industry reaches an important inflection point.</strong></p><p>Whilst previous editions of Financing the Economy focused on how the industry, already prominent in the US, established itself around the world as a credible alternative to traditional sources of finance, the past 12 months have seen it cement its place in the lending landscape globally.</p>

The private credit industry is on track to reach around $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM) by 2020, according to ACC and Preqin data. The historic compound annual growth rate of 20% of the industry has seen the sector increase in size 14-fold since 2000, reaching over $600 billion by the end of 2016.The 2017 research comes as the private credit industry reaches an important inflection point.Whilst previous editions of Financing the Economy focused on how the industry, already prominent in the US, established itself around the world as a credible alternative to traditional sources of finance, the past 12 months have seen it cement its place in the lending landscape globally.

Financing the Economy 2017: The Role of Private Credit Managers in Supporting Economic Growth