Welcome to Private Debt Investor’s latest ranking of the top placement agents.
In our Placement Agent Ranking, we assessed new capital raised for private debt funds between 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Campbell Lutyens emerged as the leading firm, followed by Evercore, Atlantic-Pacific Capital, and Credicorp Capital Asset Management. The ranking provides insights into the evolving fundraising landscape and the challenges firms face in securing capital. You can see the full list below.
METHODOLOGY
- New capital closed (either in an interim or final close) for funds fundraising or which held final close between 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 for which the firm has attribution and for which a fee has been paid.
- “New capital” is defined as an LP investing into a fund series for the first time.
- Re-ups do not count towards your firm’s total new capital.
- LP capital does not need to have been called or deployed to count.
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