The value of private debt transactions reached €13.1bn in 2020. BeBeez Report

The private debt and direct lending market in Italy grew again in 2020, surpassing €13.1 billion in transactions, up sharply from just under €12.2 billion in 2019 (see here BeBeez Report on Private Debt and direct lending 2019) and from €10.8 billion in 2018 (see here BeBeez Report on Private Debt and direct lending 2018). The data emerge from BeBeez Private Data. Growth was mainly driven by direct lending transactions, i.e. securitisation of loans offered on fintech platforms, while minibond issuance remained in line with 2019. Click here to download the full report with links to tables and charts More specifically, on the bond front, there were 185 bond issues totalling some EUR 5.5 billion. Of these, 12 ha