PRIVATE DEBT 2025/2026

Inter-Annual Ranking · Private Debt · Global

Private Debt LinkedIn Performance Ranking

A comprehensive analysis of 32 global private debt firms' digital presence on LinkedIn, measuring content output, engagement quality, audience growth, and strategic visibility across the full year.

Firms analyzed

12 mo.

Apr 25 – Mar 26

125.0

Peer avg. Eng/Post

3.50x

Peak intensity

Methodology

How We Measured Performance

We tracked 32 of the world's leading private debt firms across six core LinkedIn metrics over 12 months, creating a multi-dimensional view of digital presence that goes beyond simple follower counts. Data period: April 2025 – March 2026.

Engagement per Post

Average absolute interactions generated per published post.

Formula: Total Interactions / Total Posts

Follower Growth

Total new followers gained during the tracking period.

Metric: New Followers in Period

Share of Engagement

Each firm's proportion of total interactions across the ranking.

Formula: Firm Interactions / Sum of All × 100

Engagement Intensity Index

Compares each firm's per-post engagement against the peer average. Peer avg: 125.0 eng/post.

Formula: Firm Eng/Post / Peer Avg (125.0)

Content Frequency

Total volume of content published during the period.

Metric: Posts per Annum

Follower Activation

Total engagement relative to new followers gained.

Formula: Total Interactions / New Followers

Top 3 — Public Preview

Top 3 by Engagement Intensity · Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

IxIntensity = Eng/Post / 125.0 peer avg

Rank

Firm

GrFollowers

TiTotal Int.

FqPosts

EqEng/Post

SvShare

FaActivation

IxIntensity

Francisco Partners

13K

437.3

3.5%

170.0%

3.50x

Silver Point Capital, L.P.

419

209.5

0.1%

11.3%

1.68x

Fortress Investment Group

16K

201.3

4.3%

99.4%

1.61x

Tikehau Capital

25K

19K

107

175.8

5.1%

75.7%

1.41x

Davidson Kempner Capital Management

170.3

2.3%

92.7%

1.36x

HPS Investment Partners, LLC

11K

146.0

2.4%

78.8%

1.17x

Cheyne Capital

142.0

1.8%

122.0%

1.14x

Strategic Value Partners

137.0

1.1%

97.3%

1.10x

Cerberus Capital Management

33K

136.8

1.2%

13.0%

1.09x

Barings

23K

166

136.7

6.2%

98.0%

1.09x

Arrow Global Group

11K

123.0

3.1%

219.4%

0.98x

Niam

10K

114.5

2.8%

371.1%

0.92x

Hayfin Capital Management LLP

10K

11K

112.8

2.9%

111.3%

0.90x

Metrics Credit Partners

111.9

1.7%

258.0%

0.90x

Berkshire Partners

109.0

1.6%

133.6%

0.87x

Värde Partners

105.1

1.5%

176.7%

0.84x

Churchill Asset Management

16K

152

104.9

4.3%

173.8%

0.84x

Castlelake

103.5

0.6%

56.5%

0.83x

King Street Capital Management

102.8

2.1%

131.5%

0.82x

Centerbridge Partners, L.P.

97.9

0.8%

54.1%

0.78x

17Capital

93.7

1.6%

235.9%

0.75x

Park Square Capital

93.3

1.7%

209.4%

0.75x

BNP Paribas Asset Management

30K

34K

364

92.1

9.1%

113.6%

0.74x

GoldenTree Asset Management

89.2

2.0%

180.3%

0.71x

Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners

87.1

0.5%

80.1%

0.70x

BSP Financial Group Limited

22K

87K

1000

86.6

23.6%

397.6%

0.69x

Crescent Capital

86.4

1.7%

169.3%

0.69x

Crestline Investors

85.9

2.0%

236.3%

0.69x

Infranity

82.2

1.3%

164.0%

0.66x

Antares Capital LP

106

79.5

2.3%

190.0%

0.64x

Slate Asset Management

117

73.9

2.4%

204.3%

0.59x

Pemberton Asset Management

130

71.1

2.5%

215.7%

0.57x

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