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Robeco launches sustainable senior loan fund with €130 million first close
1 year ago
Orix Corporation, Robecco's parent company, has committed a 'significant' amount of the €130 million initial commitments -
Private debt team spins off Trea to form independent manager
1 year ago
The private debt team has spun-off and will be rebranded Zenon Asset Management -
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 -
Credit volatility leaps after US inflation bolters hawks
1 year ago
Credit volatility spiked on Thursday in the wake of a US inflation report that dispelled any remaining conjecture the Federal Reserve will slow its pace of interest rate hikes at the next policy meeting -
LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
1 year ago
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end -
Ninety One holds first close on first private debt fund targeting sponsorless loans
1 year ago
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 -
LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
1 year ago
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 -
Traders eye expensive options as they look to get creative
2 years ago
Credit market volatility trades may look exceptionally expensive, but that is not stopping them being a prized tool for investors on a number of fronts — from hedging longer-term macro risks, through pre-March index roll positioning, to cross-asset relative value plays -
Real estate manager wins $50 million debt mandate from 'Hong Kong insurer'
2 years ago
Patrizia has secured a $50 million commitment from a Hong Kong insurer to invest in real estate debt -
Most investors still behind target with sustainability and impact investing, survey finds
2 years ago
72% of global investors plan to increase their allocation targets to sustainability and impact investing. That is according to a limited partner survey by private markets firm HarbourVest Partners HarbourVest’s 2021 ESG, Sustainability, and Impact Investing Survey of LPs -
CLO demand drives loan outperformance versus bonds
2 years ago
Leveraged loans could be set for their strongest run of outperformance over high yield bonds since 2017, say investors and strategists — if the CLO engine and an influx of money to funds continues to drive flows -
Los Angeles pension seeks global credit manager for $880 million mandate
3 years ago
Flush with cash? The Los Angeles Water & Power Employees' Retirement Plan has launched a request for proposal for its ‘active extended global credit’ mandate. But only managers with $50 billion under management need apply -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
Matalan auction initial bids point to lower than expected CDS pay out
3 years ago
Early bidding in a credit event auction today to settle CDS referencing UK retailer Matalan indicates the final result will be higher than predicted by recent five-year quotes but roughly in line with modelled recoveries -
Hema and Matalan deliverable lists outline payouts for CDS
3 years ago
Only one bond looks to be deliverable into a credit event auction to settle Hema CDS contracts, while two notes will be deliverable into Matalan CDS contracts -
Candriam agrees deal for Rothschild's European fund of fund business
3 years ago
Candriam has bought Rothschild’s “multi-management” business, representing €350 million of assets -
LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
3 years ago
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies -
Global direct lending fundraising plummets in Q1
4 years ago
Global direct lending fundraising figures plummeted in the first quarter as coronavirus-related volatility kicked in. Managers raised just $9.4 billion raised across 11 funds compared to $18.6 billion across 15 in Q1 2019, according to Creditflux's fund database -
Virginia pension allocates $850 million to credit in Q1
4 years ago
Virginia Retirement System has allocated $850 million to three credit strategies in the first quarter of the year, according to an update at its 15 April investment committee meeting -
Structured credit dragged very wide — but CLOs stand to gain
4 years ago
Senior tranches of securitisations widened 220% in less than a month as the coronavirus pandemic has meant an increase in systemic risk — a sharp turnaround from the past few months when idiosyncratic risks were being cited as the main concern for structured credit investors. -
Apollo ups stake in Athene to 35% through stock deal
4 years ago
Apollo Global Management is doubling its stake in Athene Holding to around 35% by exchanging $1.2 billion of common equity and buying $350 million extra of Athene stock -
Axa IM launches SRT fund after record-breaking 2019
4 years ago
Axa Investment Managers says it has held a first close on a fund that invests in significant risk transfers -
AlbaCore closes €1.5 billion direct lending fund nearly 60% deployed
4 years ago
AlbaCore Capital has deployed around 60% of its second direct lending fund, with the London-based manager closing the fund at €1.5 billion -
KKR closes $1.3 billion global impact fund
4 years ago
KKR has made a final close of its KKR Global Impact Fund SCSp at $1.3 billion -
Amundi joins forces with French bank to launch midcap loan fund
4 years ago
Amundi has partnered with French bank LCL to launch a mid-cap direct lending fund - and the fund has collected €130 million on its first close, just over half its target size
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