FIRSTavenue acted as global placement agent on the final close of Guggenheim Private Debt Fund IV at approximately $8.4 billion of total available capital

April 2026

London, 23 April 2026 - FIRSTavenue acted as global placement agent on the final close of Guggenheim Private Debt Fund IV at approximately $8.4 billion of total available capital.¹

Guggenheim Investments announced the final close of Guggenheim Private Debt Fund IV (“PDF IV” or the “Fund”), its most recent dedicated private debt vehicle. The Fund and related vehicles raised approximately $8.4 billion of total available capital, exceeding the initial fundraise target and with demand exceeding the Fund’s hard cap.¹

FIRSTavenue acted as global placement agent for Guggenheim Investments on PDF IV, advising the firm on investor engagement across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. The Fund attracted commitments from both new and existing investors globally.

PDF IV has currently called 50% of capital from investors, highlighting Guggenheim’s deployment capabilities despite the tougher current market conditions.

Guggenheim’s private debt platform focuses on sourcing first-lien senior secured loans in both sponsor-backed and non-sponsor-backed companies within the core middle market in the United States. Guggenheim currently serves as the lead investor on over 90% of the capital invested by PDF IV and is the sole investor on 35% of invested capital.

PDF IV draws on Guggenheim Investments established private debt platform which has invested more than $33 billion in direct deals across more than 550 unique borrowers since 2002.

FIRSTavenue congratulates the entire Guggenheim Investments team on this significant achievement and is pleased to have supported the firm throughout this fundraising process.

About Guggenheim Investments

Guggenheim Investments is a global asset management and investment firm with more than $359 billion² in total assets across fixed income, equity, and alternative strategies. Guggenheim Investments represents the following affiliated investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC: Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC; Security Investors, LLC; Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC; Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC; Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC; Guggenheim Private Investments, LLC; Guggenheim Wealth Solutions, LLC; Guggenheim Partners Europe Limited; Guggenheim Partners Japan Limited; and GS GAMMA Advisors, LLC.

About FIRSTavenue

FIRSTavenue is a leading independent global placement agent and advisory firm specialising in Private Credit, Private Equity, Real Assets, and related secondaries solutions. FIRSTavenue has been operating since 2006 and has facilitated over $100 billion³ in committed capital across Private Credit, Private Equity and Real Assets. The firm has also significantly expanded its capital solutions and secondaries practice and now has a dedicated team of secondaries professionals who have facilitated transactions of more than $27 billion globally since 2009.⁴

FIRSTavenue operates offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Hamburg, and Delhi, supported by a dedicated team of more than fifty professionals.

FAP USA, L.P. is a member of FINRA/SIPC. For more information on FIRSTavenue, please visit www.firstavenue.com.

For further information, please contact:

Paul Buckley

Managing Partner

+44 7894 094872

pbuckley@firstavenue.com

¹Total available capital includes equity commitments in related vehicles and expected leverage.

²Guggenheim Investments total assets are as of 12.31.2025 and includes $248.4 bn in Assets Under Management (AUM), plus $111.3 bn Assets Under Supervision (AUS) for a total of more than $359 bn. AUM includes leverage of $14.2 bn. AUS includes assets for which Guggenheim Investments provides non-advisory services and may include review, analysis, research, reporting, sourcing and evaluation of assets and business operations consulting.

³This reflects accumulated fund size totals and includes private funds, private companies, re-ups and co-investments.

⁴This includes the NAV track record of senior Secondaries Team members at prior firms.

FIRSTavenue acted as global placement agent on the final close of Guggenheim Private Debt Fund IV at approximately $8.4 billion of total available capital

FIRSTavenue acted as global placement agent on the final close of Guggenheim Private Debt Fund IV at approximately $8.4 billion of total available capital

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