Goldman Sachs Alternatives Wins Multiple Industry Awards

3 March 2025 – New York and London – Goldman Sachs Alternatives was recognized for alternative investing excellence through multiple awards and top rankings from the following industry publications – Private Equity Real Estate Credit, Private Equity Wire, Secondaries Investor, Private Equity Real Estate, Private Debt International, Octus, Debtwire, and 9fin.

The awards highlight our alternative investing achievements in 2024 and serve as a testament to our commitment to delivering investment solutions to help meet client objectives. The awards and rankings included:

Real Estate

2024 Alternative Lender of the Year - $15bn+ Real Estate AUM (PERE Credit – for our real estate credit strategy)
2024 Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Real Asset (Private Equity Wire – for our real estate credit strategy)

Secondaries

2024 Secondaries Deal of the Year Award - LP Led, EMEA (Secondaries Investor)
2024 Global Capital Raise of the Year Award (PERE - for our secondaries real estate strategy)

Private Credit

2024 Fundraising of the Year: Americas (Private Debt International)
2024 #1 Rank for European Debt Lender Deals over €250 Million Total Debt Quantum (Octus)
2024 #1 Rank for Europe Direct Lender Large-Cap (Debtwire)
2024 #1 Rank for European Private Credit by Number of Large-Cap Deals (9fin)

Jim Garman, global head of Real Estate, said:

“We are delighted that our real estate platform and the investment solutions we provide for our clients are recognized by multiple top industry publications. We are proud of this validation of our strategy to provide clients with solutions across real estate equity and credit. Despite the challenging environment, we continue to use the breadth and scale of our platform and our extensive market access to source compelling investment opportunities on behalf of our clients, finding attractive investments in properties with strong fundamentals driven by the secular trends of demographics, technology and sustainability.”

Harold Hope, global head of Secondaries, said:

"This year's industry awards reflect our 25-year commitment to the secondaries market, providing crucial liquidity solutions for our clients. Our unconstrained sourcing strategy, coupled with our extensive private markets database and Goldman Sachs' global relationships, allows us to offer breadth and scale across sectors and regions, consistently expanding our clients' access to investments. These awards reflect our dedication to innovation and client success in this dynamic market."

James Reynolds, global co-head of Private Credit, said:

“Goldman Sachs' extensive network of relationships with financial sponsors and corporate issuers enables us to be a trusted partner, offering customized solutions for each borrower's unique needs. Our decades of experience investing across various capital structures and transaction types allow for quick adaptation to market fluctuations. This year's industry awards are a source of pride, validating our strategy and commitment to delivering exceptional results for our clients."

About Goldman Sachs Alternatives

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the leading investors in alternatives globally, with over $500 billion in assets and more than 30 years of experience. The business invests in the full spectrum of alternatives including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and sustainability. Clients access these solutions through direct strategies, customized partnerships, and open-architecture programs.

The business is driven by a focus on partnership and shared success with its clients, seeking to deliver long-term investment performance drawing on its global network and deep expertise across industries and markets.

The alternative investments platform is part of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which delivers investment and advisory services across public and private markets for the world’s leading institutions, financial advisors and individuals. Goldman Sachs has over $3 trillion in assets under supervision globally as of 31st December 2024.

Risk considerations and disclosures

Private Equity International (PEI), Private Equity Real Estate (PERE), PERE Credit and Private Debt Investor (PDI) selected award winners by researching news sources and accepting submissions to compile a list of finalists, vetting those finalists and having a panel of PEI editorial team judges select the winner. There may be other categories for which Goldman Sachs Alternatives, its funds or its portfolio companies were nominated but not awarded. The awards may not be representative of a particular investor’s experience or the future performance of any Goldman Sachs Alternatives fund or transaction. There is no guarantee that similar awards will be obtained by Goldman Sachs Alternatives with respect to existing or future funds or transactions. This information is provided solely for informational purposes. It should not be relied upon as any indication of future performance of Goldman Sachs Alternatives or any of its funds or portfolio companies.

The Debtwire European Direct Lending rankings were for the full year 2024. Managers were asked to provide their submissions with quantitative data on their platform through December 31, 2024. The awards were selected through analysis of the rankings to determine the most prolific managers in their respective regions.

The Octus league tables track private credit managers using the data provided by managers and their proprietary analysis.

The 9Fin 2024 European Private Credit Rankings, ranked the top European Lenders by number of large cap deals completed from January 2024 to December 2024. 9Fin invited managers to submit the listed of completed deals and ranked them, leveraging 9Fin data. 9Fin’s recognition is not indicative of Goldman Sachs’ future performance and was not based on evaluations of clients or investors of Goldman Sachs. There can be no assurance that other providers or surveys would reach the same conclusion as the foregoing.