Alcentra structured credit portfolio manager steps up as primary PM for two funds
Alcentra has promoted the official, with Hiram Hamilton and Suhail Shaikh no longer the primary portfolio managers of BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund and Hamilton no longer primary portfolio manager of BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Credit Income 2024 Target Term Fund 

Ninety One holds first close on first private debt fund targeting sponsorless loans
Ninety One has made a breakthrough in its bid to build out a European private credit offering by holding a first close on a fund that will lend to sponsorless borrowers in Europe

Senior PM leaves Blackstone to join growing hedge fund
The capital formation head at Blackstone has parted ways with the firm to join another fund manager

Vista hires from Anchorage to lead credit platform investor relations
Vista Equity Partners has appointed Michael Charlton as managing director for capital and partner solutions, responsible for investor relations on the firm's credit platform Vista Credit Partners

Apollo co-founder Harris launches $5 billion firm
Apollo co-founder Josh Harris announced the launch of a new $5 billion asset management firm on Friday named 26North Partners, which will invest across private equity, credit and insurance solutions

Apera hires investor relations director
Apera Asset Management says it has brought in Jodie Tilley to lead its investor relations effort in London

Arcmont raises €800 million for first capital solutions offering
Arcmont Asset Management has raised €800 million for its first capital solutions fund (including associated vehicles)

MUFG welcomes two senior originators to new US direct lending team
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has made two senior appointments to its new direct lending business

Fidelity Investments prepares inaugural BDC
Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch its inaugural private credit business development company, Fidelity Private Credit Fund

Hamilton Lane wraps up private credit fund above $900 million target
It comes after Hamilton Lane's Q1 2023 earnings call on 2 August with the firm's head of investment solutions Brian Gildea saying the firm held “multiple closes that totalled over $573 million of LP commitments" with "total amount raised to over $890 million"

Apera readies third European private credit fund
The launch of the new fund comes 14 months after it closed its second private credit fund 

Arcmont gains regulatory approval for new Milan office
Arcmont Asset Management says it has received regulatory approval for its newly established Milan office from Consob and the Bank of Italy

Sun Life buys 51% stake in US retail distribution specialist
The firm will have exclusive rights to market and promote SLC's alternative products to the US retail market. SLC Management includes Crescent Capital Group,  BentallGreenOak and InfraRed Capital Partners

Macquarie taps former Alcentra official to lead global private credit and asset finance
Macquarie Asset Management has appointed former Alcentra European direct lending head to lead its global private credit and asset finacne business

LP round up: Magnetar and Värde among winners as $3 billion flows to credit
Institutional investors allocated at least $3 billion to credit funds in August

Mid market CLO issuance tops $7 billion with first AB deal of year
Middle market CLO issuance for 2022 surpassed $7 billion on Friday after AB priced its first mid market new issue of 2022 named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO XI

Carlyle launches private credit JV to invest in Australia and New Zealand
Carlyle Group has teamed up with Australian-based credit firm Amicaa to launch a joint venture investing in opportunistic private credit in Australia and New Zealand

Swedish direct lender raises €684 million for sustainability-linked deals
P Capital Partners has completed the final close of a European direct lending fund that supports borrowers’ transition to sustainable business models

Middle market CLOs facing "unexpected headwinds", says S&P
Middle market CLOs are facing 'unexpected headwinds' as their liability costs rise faster than their asset spreads

Fortress adopts unusual triple A debt structure on latest mid market CLO
Fortress Investment Group priced a new middle market CLO on Wednesday with an unusual triple A debt structure

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

Apollo invests $1 billion in IG CLOs, launches secondary solutions platform and cuts BDC fees
In its earnings call, Apollo highlighted the resilience of the CLO asset class, strong deployment in direct lending, upcoming reduction in management fees for its publicly traded BDC and the launch of a new secondaries and sponsor solutions platforn, seeded by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

"Extreme volatility can push BSL yields close to mid market levels, although that trade never lasts"
The two segments of the loan market are on different paths as mid-market volumes rise

Apollo launches private credit JV with Belstar in Korea
Apollo says it has been “exploring the market opportunity in Korea with a heightened degree of interest for several years”

HPS launches sixth direct lending fund
The firm's previous fund in the series closed in September with over $15 billion of investable capital