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Funds round-up: Feb-2024 - managers turn to European wealth
2 months ago
European private credit managers turn to the wealthy in our roundup of notable fundraising in February 2024. -
Wave of legal hires becomes a tsunami
2 months ago
In February alone legal heavyweights Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Fried Frank, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose and White & Case all announced the arrival of partners in the credit space -
Managers advise caution despite upbeat outlook for private credit
4 months ago
The golden age of private credit isn’t over yet. In fact, industry experts remain bullish, anticipating continued growth in our breakdown of recent outlooks for the market -
Private credit hit by growing pains as agreements get longer and execution slows
4 months ago
The rapid rise in private credit continues to stir up excitement among borrowers. But, despite the sector’s competitive advantages — such as speed of execution and light regulation — deals are taking longer to close as the industry expands. -
BNP Paribas launches climate impact infrastructure debt fund
4 months ago
BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched the BNP Paribas Climate Impact Infrastructure Debt fund as interest in impact investing and ESG-related causes continues to grow around the world -
CLO market round-up: 27 Nov - 1 Dec
5 months ago
After a busy Thanksgiving week, CLO pricing activity was substantially quieter last week, with only a handful of deals in the market. -
Credit impact fund surpasses $100 million target close
7 months ago
The fund targets companies that support social and environmental causes in Africa, Asia and the Americas -
Primary market roars into life
7 months ago
The primary CLO market pickup that started in August continued strongly in September, both in Europe and the US. Although the overall direction was the same on both sides of the Atlantic, the type of activity was quite different. -
1H23 European direct lender rankings
9 months ago
The volume of European direct lending facilities issued fell to just €8.5 billion in 2Q23. The same quarter last year was the largest on record at €51.3 billion, representing over an 80% drop year on year. -
European direct lender launches third fund
9 months ago
European asset manager Bridgepoint has closed its third direct lending fund, BDL III, with investable capital of over €3.4 billion according to a company announcement. -
Arcmont and Barings land direct lending doubles
10 months ago
Readers with long memories may recall that Creditflux used to award a handful of prizes for direct lending funds at the Manager Awards. But this year those gongs were spun out into their own glittering gala. -
Direct lenders grab larger share of loan market despite fundraising slowdown
11 months ago
With Debtwire’s European direct lending conference in London next Thursday, we speak to market participants about the dynamic between European syndicated loan market and direct lending -
LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
11 months ago
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit -
Virginia pension discloses $800 million in credit allocations
1 year ago
Virginia Retirement System has disclosed $800 million in credit fund allocations made over the first quarter of this year -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
HPS raises $12 billion for fifth junior capital fund
1 year ago
HPS Investment Partners has closed its fifth junior capital solutions fund, HPS Strategic Investment Partners V, at $12 billion. With leverage, the strategy has $17 billion investable capital -
Ares and Mubadala establish $1 billion global credit secondaries JV
1 year ago
The pair aim to capitalise on the 'anticipated growth and substantial demand’ from managers and investors for customised liquidity solutions -
Tikehau preps sixth European direct lending fund launch
1 year ago
Tikehau Capital is preparing to start fundraising for its sixth European direct lending fund, Tikehau Direct Lending VI -
Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
1 year ago
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black -
LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
1 year ago
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. -
Ardian closes €5 billion European direct lending fund
1 year ago
Ardian has closed its fifth mid-market European direct lending strategy with €5 billion capital commitments, exceeding its €4 billion target -
LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
1 year ago
US institutional investors allocated over $2.5 billion to 20 credit managers in October, according to documents seen by Creditflux. Two credit fund managers however were terminated in the month -
Fund performance: Wake us up when September ends
1 year ago
After a resurgent August, credit markets hit a rough patch in September, with every Creditflux index posting negative returns, and only 12.9% of funds in our listings showing a positive return. -
Apollo invests $1 billion in IG CLOs, launches secondary solutions platform and cuts BDC fees
1 year ago
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 -
Ares plans four credit fund launches amid strong deployment
1 year ago
Ares Management benefitted from strong private credit deployment in the quarted and unveiled plans to raise its sixth European direct lending fund, second flagship closed-end alternative credit fund and third US junior capital direct lending fund
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