2025/2026 European Buyside Credit Market & Compensation Report

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2025/2026 European Buyside Credit Market & Compensation Report

The 2025/2026 European Buyside Credit Market & Compensation Report provides critical insight into the European credit landscape, tailored for hedge funds, credit funds, and private equity. The report presents findings across the broad spectrum of credit strategies of hiring dynamics, compensation trends, and market insights captured by Options Group in 2025 and expectations for 2026.

This report delivers:

  • European Outlook: A detailed review of the market in 2025, including macroeconomic factors influencing compensation and hiring across the buyside, an overview of European fundraising performance, and key people moves in the European market.
  • European Credit Fund Launches: Analysis of emerging funds and their impact on the market. Tracking notable fund launches, founding partners, team formation dates, and team size.
  • Product-Specific Analysis: Market insight into compensation, hiring, and fundraising trends across Opportunistic Credit, Private Credit, Performing Credit/CLO, Long/Short Credit, Opportunistic / Distressed Real Estate, Structured Credit / ABS, EMEA Fundraising, and Risk Management.
  • Key People Moves: Personnel changes within the European credit market, tracked annually and across seniority levels. Key moves are complete with names, titles, and current and previous firms captured by Options Group’s proprietary research division.
  • Compensation Structures: Insights into compensation models and compensation pay system review.

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