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Points up front: Credit picking follows on from investor picking
4 years ago
Credit picking skills will be important this year amid heightened idiosyncratic risk, so everyone seems to say. But Ares Management, one of the biggest names in direct lending, has demonstrated that asset managers can also be picky with the mandates they take on, when the firm walked away from a private debt mandate with London CIV in January. -
EIF backs Italian private debt fund
4 years ago
Finint Investment anticipates €150 million final close for its third Italian private debt fund in June, after receiving the backing of the European Investment Fund -
Weak loan collateral will dent private credit returns, says Finnish pension
4 years ago
Valtion Elakerahasto, the state pension fund of Finland, says non-existing or weaker loan collateral has raised concerns about the returns private credit funds will generate in the coming years -
Sacramento pension earmarks $150 million for private credit in 2020
4 years ago
The pension fund expects to commit to two direct lending funds and one credit fund it describes as 'opportunistic' -
Italian pension fund seeks greater exposure to private debt
4 years ago
BNL, the pension fund of the investment manager BNP Paribas Italia, has launched a request for proposals (RFP), looking to commit €20 million to private debt closed-end funds. -
London pension considers direct lending allocation
4 years ago
The City of Westminster pension fund is considering a 5% allocation to a new mandate which includes direct lending, -
Schroders scheme allocates £800 million to credit and liability investments
4 years ago
The Schroders Retirement Benefits Scheme has invested £800 million of its defined benefit assets to the organisation’s cash flow driven investing building blocks -
You need a balanced portfolio that’s ready for calculated risk taking — so consider a barbell approach
4 years ago
Investors can’t afford to be too conservative as they prepare for the end of the cycle -
Private credit funds could find better buying opportunities this year, says NEPC
4 years ago
Institutional investors looking to allocate to private credit in 2020 should focus on distressed debt, opportunistic credit and niche lending, according to investment consultant NEPC, with 2019 vintage funds potentially seeing “better buying opportunities” despite valuations being at cyclical highs -
Investors preferred real asset debt to corporate private debt in 2019, finds Bfinance
4 years ago
Bfinance stated that, in dollar terms, real asset debt searches conducted by investors outweighed corporate private debt searches in 2019 -
DC pension set to invest in private debt assets
4 years ago
Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), a UK based pension scheme, is set to enable the members of its defined contribution (DC) section to get exposure to private markets assets, including private debt, from February -
UK charities join forces on hunt for ESG managers
4 years ago
Three UK based charities are joining forces in the hunt for a manager to oversee a £32 million ($41.6 million) portfolio with a strong focus on environment, social and governance (ESG) criteria as well as impact investing -
Ares makes rare move by pulling out of private debt mandate
4 years ago
Greater London’s local government pension pool has lost one of its credit managers after Ares Management withdrew from its role as fund manager on an illiquid loan and private debt mandate -
UK pension eyes managers as part of £1 billion-plus credit expansion
4 years ago
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is seeking investment managers for single credit asset class mandates, -
UK pension fund looks for emerging market manager to oversee £900 million
4 years ago
Pension partnership LGPS Central has launched a request for proposals for emerging market bond managers to oversee £900 million ($1,186 million) -
CDP commits to Italian private debt
4 years ago
Italian state-owned investor Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) has committed €40 million to a private debt fund managed by Anthilia Capital Partners -
Managers acquiesce on fees as small UK pensions seek private credit nest egg
4 years ago
Private credit fund managers are rejigging their fee structures in order to attract small UK pension schemes. -
Devon pension backs Brunel private debt portfolio
4 years ago
Devon pension fund’s committee has approved a £100 million ($131 million) commitment to Brunel private debt portfolio, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Pitching your structured credit fund: the three golden rules
4 years ago
Structured credit fund managers were given a lesson in how to market their strategies by a group of asset allocators at the Creditflux CLO Summit in New York. -
Texas pension awards €100 million to European direct lending
4 years ago
Texas County and District Retirement System has allocated €100 million to a European direct lending fund managed by Metric Capital Partners -
Pennsylvania pension creates private credit bucket
4 years ago
Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System has approved a new 4% allocation to the private credit asset class -
Danish pension backs green bonds
4 years ago
Sampension is set to boost its green portfolio, by allocating DKK300 million to German and Irish green bonds -
US pension fund hires fixed income manager
4 years ago
Howard County Retirement Plans has appointed Payden & Rygel to oversee a $40 million absolute-return fixed income portfolio, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
UK pension partnership launches maiden private credit offering at £581 million
4 years ago
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (BCPP) is set to commit £581 million in private credit, as part of its maiden offering in this asset class -
West coast pension looks to step up direct lending allocations
4 years ago
The City of Fresno Retirement System will commit $140-160 million to private credit for the next two years, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. This comes amid a pause in direct lending commitments for the pension fund, which has not committed any capital to this market in 2019
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