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Alternative asset managers increasingly tapping wealth channel for private credit fundraising
2 months ago
Wealthy individual investors have become increasingly appealing to alternative asset managers looking to raise money for private credit funds as asset managers look to broaden fundraising beyond institutional investors -
DebtDynamics North America: Likely-to-distress scores highlight struggling industries
9 months ago
Out of a universe of more than 12,000 leveraged US companies, 180 are in the stressed/distressed lifecycle categories -
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 -
Eagle Point expands into structured products including SRTs with big hire
1 year ago
Eagle Point Credit Management has hired a head of ABS, MBS SRT and specialty finance, in a move which underlines the firm’s progression from a CLO equity investor to a broader credit asset manager. -
Franklin Templeton buys Alcentra in $700 million deal
1 year ago
Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy BNY Mellon’s $38 billion credit unit Alcentra, which will see Alcentra combined with Franklin Templeton’s US credit manager Benefit Street Partners -
LP round up: two CLO funds win support as Cali pensions home in on private credit
2 years ago
Two investors revealed allocations to European and US CLO funds, private credit allocations increases and private credit consultant searches get underway -
Eagle Point hits $300 million hard cap on BDC-lending fund
2 years ago
Eagle Point Credit Management says it has held a $300 million final close on its Defensive Income Fund, hitting its hard cap and exceeding its original $250 million target -
Eagle Point hires trader for non-CLO assets as it eyes growth in corporate credit
2 years ago
Eagle Point Credit Management is growing its non-CLO business, with the firm hiring a head corporate trader responsible for trading high yield, BDC debt as well as equity, reits and other securities -
Ares flush with cash after raising €15 billion for European direct lending
3 years ago
Ares Management has raised one of the largest European direct lending funds on record and, with leverage, the fund expects to have a whopping €15 billion to deploy -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers -
Eagle Point diversifies from CLOs as it wins $180 million for BDC lending strategy
3 years ago
A US public pension has earmarked $60 million for Eagle Point's fund and a further $120 million for a separate managed account -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
LP round up: pensions plan private credit pacing as strategic credit takes on "midfield" role
3 years ago
US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree, according to recent board documents seen by Creditflux. Meanwhile a pension fund draws parallels between strategic credit and Jordan Henderson -
Real estate debt firm gets over SEC settlement with $180 million fund raise
3 years ago
A Miami-based real estate debt specialist has raised $180 million for a credit fund that appears to have a flexible investment mandate -
Direct lenders weigh options as next round of funding nears: Creditflux webinar
Churchill's Randy Schwimmer, First Eagle's Chris Flynn and DLA Piper's Jamie Knox talk about how mid-market portfolios have performed during the covid-19 pandemic at Creditflux's US Private Credit Webinar, sponsored by DLA Piper
3 years ago -
Two US managers launch CLO funds geared towards dislocation
3 years ago
Tetragon Credit Partners and Octagon Credit Investors have become the latest managers to launch a CLO fund geared towards taking advantage of coronavirus-related distressed buying opportunities -
US pension approves four-year private credit plan as direct lenders report performance
4 years ago
Santa Barbara County Employees has approved a private credit pacing plan from investment consultant RVK to maintain a commitment schedule of $40 million per year to the asset class until 2024 to achieve its target allocation and diversification -
Fed unveils IG bond buying programme and direct lending plans
4 years ago
The US Federal Reserve has unveiled further measures to support the US economy alongside plans to establish a direct lending initiative - Main Street Business Lending Programme – to support lending to small-and-medium sized businesses -
US insurer Aflac purchases minority stake in direct lender Varagon
4 years ago
Varagon Capital Partners has sold a non-controlling, minority stake of the firm to Aflac Global Investments, the asset management division of US insurance company Aflac Incorporated -
Rude awakening for credit as US airstrike sends global shockwaves
4 years ago
It only took a day for the positive mood greeting financial markets in 2020 to turn nervous, with credit and equities faltering in early trading today after the US killed a top Iranian military official -
Deans Foods auction delivers big lunch for CDS protection buyers
4 years ago
Dean Foods CDS has been settled in a credit event auction at a final price of just 9.25 cents – half the 18 cents indicated by the Dallas-headquartered company’s bonds at the time the auction was called -
Goldman Sachs AM merges public and private BDC
4 years ago
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has merged two of its business development companies: Goldman Sachs BDC, a $1.54 billion publicly traded BDC, and private BDC Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corporation, which has $1.7 billion assets -
Canadian pension awards €300 million to middle market real estate debt
4 years ago
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has awarded €300 million to a separately managed account focused on real estate across Spain and Portugal. The pension fund did not name who this partnership was with -
ABS investors show increased interest in green securitisations to reach EU climate targets
4 years ago
Securitisation is being touted as a tool to help close the yearly investment gap of €180 billion needed to achieve the EU’s climate and energy targets by 2030, as identified in the European Commission’s sustainable finance action plan, which was published last year. -
Muzinich edges nearer to final close for pan-European debt fund
5 years ago
Corporate debt specialist Muzinich & Co has held a third close for its pan-European private debt fund with €460 million in capital commitments
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