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Atalaya targets $1 billion for fifth specialty finance fund
3 years ago
Atalaya Asset Income Fund V launched earlier this month with $295 million of assets -
Ares appoints Garrison managing director as partner in ABL team
3 years ago
Ares has hired a managing director from Garrison Investment Group to join its asset backed lending group as partner -
Owl Rock hires from Oaktree to build opportunistic credit platform
3 years ago
Owl Rock Capital has built out a new opportunistic credit investing division, adding that “current market conditions make it especially attractive and relevant today.” -
Creditflux goes live again with virtual event on the US middle market
3 years ago
The second Creditflux live virtual briefing will happen on Tuesday 2nd June, when we will switch gears from the US CLO market to US Private Credit. -
MGG hires former Monroe partner to its direct lending team
3 years ago
MGG Investment Group has hired an experienced official to its investment team in Chicago -
Apollo collects $1.75 billion for dislocation fund in two months
3 years ago
Apollo Global Management has taken eight weeks to raise $1.75 billion for a dislocation credit fund, Apollo Accord Fund III B -
Candian pension allocates $250 million to dislocation credit fund
3 years ago
Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (Imco) has allocated $250 million to a dislocation credit fund managed by Apollo Global Management -
Standard Board publishes structuring, valuation and conflict memos for credit funds
3 years ago
The Standard Board for Alternative Investments has published three memos as guidance to managers and investors, alongside a framework of questions investors may wish to ask managers when conducting operational due diligence -
Minnesota pension's 2020 credit allocations hit $1 billion
3 years ago
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $400 million across to two credit managers in a private market update. The commitments mark $1 billion allocated to credit in 2020 by the pension -
EnTrust aims to onboard $1 billion for maritime direct lending fund by June
3 years ago
EnTrust Global is targeting $1 billion for a maritime direct lending fund, Blue Ocean Onshore Fund, and anticipates a final close in June -
Alantra holds €30 million first close on Spanish real estate debt fund
3 years ago
Madrid-based Alantra anticipates a €100 million final close by the end of the year -
Mid market CLOs open for business as Owl Rock prices first new issue after covid-19 shock
3 years ago
The primary market for CLOs backed by loans to middle market companies is open for business with Owl Rock Capital today pricing the first new issue mid market deal following the coronavirus outbreak -
Magnetar wins $400 million for illiquid credit mandate
3 years ago
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has allocated $400 million to Illinois-based Magnetar Financial at its 13 May board of investment meeting, according to recently released minutes -
Louisiana pension commits $150 million to mezzanine and credit opportunities funds
3 years ago
Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana has awarded $150 million to two credit funds managed by Ares Management and Audax Group at its 7 May board meeting, a spokesperson for the pension has confirmed -
Private credit wins investor as Maryland pension introduces 5% allocation
3 years ago
Howard County Retirement has introduced a new bucket to the private credit asset class, reducing its core bond and hedge fund exposure to facilitate this measure, according to board documents seen by Creditflux -
Alcentra's 'significant personnel changes' lead pension to terminate private credit contract
3 years ago
Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System has plans to rescind and terminate its private credit contract with Alcentra "based on significant and unexpected turnover of senior personnel”, according to documents seen by Creditflux. The pension is instead looking to redeploy commitments to Crescent Capital -
Pemberton holds €800 million first close on credit fund after two months fundraising
3 years ago
Pemberton held a €800 million first close on Pemberton Strategic Credit Opportunities II in March, after the fund began fundraising in mid-January. It has a €1.5 billion to €2 billion target size -
Illinois pension seeks distressed debt or opportunistic credit manager
3 years ago
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund is requesting proposals for opportunistic and distressed private credit fund managers and has at least $25 million to allocate -
Iowa pension allocates $50 million to two private credit managers
3 years ago
Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System of Iowa has funded a commitment to credit after cutting infrastructure allocation by 2% -
European Investment Fund backs German digital direct lender
3 years ago
German digital direct lender Creditshelf has held a €62 million first close on its inaugural fund offering, Creditshelf Loan Fund, following a €30 million commitment from the European Investment Fund -
Liquidity is king. A company with a sound long-term value proposition may not last the next few weeks
3 years ago
For borrowers — and credit providers seeing revolvers drawn down — liquidity is the greatest concern -
Direct lenders turn on liquidity taps as major Q2 test awaits
3 years ago
European direct lenders have been on hand to support their portfolio companies with liquidity over the past two months, sources say. These moves come despite uncertainty over the full impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on businesses in the second quarter -
Metropolitan launches fund and finds PE sponsors 'more amenable to non-sponsored terms'
3 years ago
Metropolitan Partners has closed an onshore direct lending fund at $240 million. It focuses on non-sponsored companies and has not made an investment in a sponsored deal for three years. But the firm sees an increasing number of sponsored situations arising from the covid-19 disruption -
Ares raises $3 billion special situations fund ahead of huge European direct lending launch
3 years ago
Ares Management has witnessed “accelerated fundraising” for its special situations fund, which it has closed at around $3 billion, according to the firm’s earnings calls. The firm also launched its fifth European direct lending fund this week, which Ares expects could be “the largest private comingled fund in its history” -
Former Fiera private debt MDs launch direct lending firm
3 years ago
Three former managing directors of Fiera Private Debt and Integrated Asset Management have co-founded and launched a new direct lending firm and are seeking to raise $750 million for their first fund
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