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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 -
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 -
Private credit dangers lurk, but fear drives inflows
3 years ago
Fear of missing out is one reason institutional investors are allocating to private credit, but market participants say that investors should err on the side of caution, despite the number of attractive opportunities -
Direct lenders eye 200bp premium in primary market
3 years ago
Deal flow is streaming in for European direct lenders who, despite monitoring portfolios for covid-19 related issues, have one eye on the primary market -
Direct lenders look to source deal flow through government-backed loans
3 years ago
Direct lenders have been looking to tap into government backed loans as a way of sourcing deals, either via partnering with banks or being an accredited lender -
Germany's €600 billion aid package and amended insolvency rules line road to recovery
3 years ago
Germany has launched two major initiatives, relevant for direct lenders, to help companies weather the negative financial impact of the covid-19 pandemic, according to Hans Stamm and Angelo Lercara, Munich-based partners at Dechert -
Cairn wins €115 million for European loan fund
3 years ago
Cairn Capital's open-ended European Loan Fund has reached €380 million assets under management, following €115 million in commitments from two institutional investors -
OFS and CIM team up for fund geared towards loans, CLOs and real assets
3 years ago
Credit-related investments in the new interval fund will include floating and fixed rate loans, broadly syndicated senior secured corporate loans, CLO debt and equity tranches and opportunistic credit -
New Hampshire pension invests $50 million in US direct lending
3 years ago
New Hampshire Retirement System has allocated $50 million to a US direct lending manage with which it has a relationship, having committed $40 million and $50 million to predecessor funds -
Florida pension allocates $600 million to three credit managers
3 years ago
Florida State Board of Administration has awarded $600 million to three credit managers in the first quarter, according to a board update seen by Creditflux -
Apollo earmarks $20 billion for dislocation fundraising over 12 months
3 years ago
Apollo's returns for corporate credit, structured credit and direct origination in the first quarter were down 8.3%, 14.7% and 4.8%, respectively, but the firm is looking to launch various credit strategies, including capital solutions, dislocation strategies and distressed strategies, that it “expects to accumulate $20 billion over the next year” -
TPG spins off credit arm Sixth Street
3 years ago
TPG has officially split from its credit arm TPG Sixth Street Partners, following talks with respective investors earlier this year -
GSO eyes $7 billion for credit opps fund and closes $4.8 billion European direct lending fund
3 years ago
GSO is eyeing a $7 billion target size for a new credit opportunites fund. The New York-based manager recently closed its second European direct lending fund, GSO Senior European Debt Fund II, at $4.8 billion -
Atalaya appoints head of business development and IR
3 years ago
Atalaya Capital Management has appointed a former Third Point Capital official as head of business development and investor relations, according to an annoucement -
Angelo Gordon wins third opportunistic credit mandate with US pension
3 years ago
The familiar tale of investors favouring existing relationships shows as Angelo Gordon recieved $25 million for an opportunistic credit fund from a pension with two existing commitments to the New York-based manager -
Fed expands Main Street direct lending scheme but it's unlikely to help CLOs
3 years ago
The US Federal Reserve Board has expanded the scope of its Main Street Lending Programme following more than 2,200 letters of feedback. Under the third loan facility, lenders will hold 15% of the loan to borrowers with greater leverage
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