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New York lifts limit on pension alternatives to 35%
1 year ago
New York pensions have been granted the ability to elevate their alternative investment allocations from 25% to 35%. This comes after New York governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on 23 December that lifts the “basket clause” -
BC Credit targets $1.25 billion for third opportunistic credit fund
1 year ago
BC Partners Credit plans to deploy half the fund in private lending and structured equity opportunities and the other half in specialty lending and dislocated liquid credit deals -
LA pension awards $675 million to illiquid credit managed account
1 year ago
The strategy will invest across asset-backed credit, loans, bonds, and specialty finance -
LDI funds prepare for return to CLOs and ABS early next year
1 year ago
Liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies that had to sell senior CLO tranches in droves could come back in for CLOs in the early part of 2023, sources say -
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. -
Structured credit gains focus from 75% of UK pensions: Aeon
1 year ago
Three quarters of UK pension schemes say they are increasingly focused on structured credit products -
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 -
Schroders beats five to win structured credit mandate as pension terminates Franklin Templeton
1 year ago
Schroders has beat out five other credit managers to win up to $108 million for a securitised credit mandate from a US pension. It comes after investment consultant RVK recommended to terminate the pension’s investment in Franklin Templeton due to “underwhelming performance and decreasing assets” -
LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
1 year ago
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus... -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $300 million for strategic credit and Arcmont eyes fund four
1 year ago
US investors allocated nearly $1.5 billion to credit funds in May, with managers to win mandates including: 400, Accel-KKR, Advent, Arcmont, ArrowMark, Comvest, Edelweiss, Francsico, Oak Hill, Sixth Street and Sprott -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
2 years ago
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds -
Boston has more than a feeling for private credit as pension issues RFP
2 years ago
Boston Retirement System is seeking private credit managers to manage around $60 million -
BlueBay launches Article 8 multi-asset credit fund with Lloyds of London backing
2 years ago
The Article 8 fund will invest in high yield, bank loans, financial capital bonds, structured credit, convertible bonds, emerging markets and developed market investment grade -
Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
2 years ago
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds -
LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
2 years ago
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates -
Credit manager beats 25 to win £2.1 billion corporate bond mandate
2 years ago
UK pension pool Brunel Pension Partnership has selected a credit manager to manage its £2.1 billion ($2.9 billion) sterling corporate bond sub-fund -
RBC hires ex-Citi structured credit sales head for alternatives push
2 years ago
RBC Capital Markets has hired Citi's former European structured credit sales head to lead its European alternatives and private capital solutions effort -
Managers offer solutions for underfunded pensions
2 years ago
Credit managers are tapping UK defined benefit pensions that are battling negative cashflows -
US pension terminates three credit mandates due to 'underperformance' and relative value
3 years ago
The New Mexico pension terminated one multi-asset credit mandate and two bank loan mandates -
Carlyle senior credit investor joins fintech firm as CFO
3 years ago
An experienced credit investment professional at the Carlyle Group has moved to become chief financial officer at fintech company NoviCap -
Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
3 years ago
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. -
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 -
Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
3 years ago
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers -
UK pension seeks head of ABS as it makes first foray into asset class
3 years ago
The investment management arm of the UK’s largest private pension fund is planning its first foray into public ABS investing -
LP round up: Dutch pensions put €1.3 billion into infra debt
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated over $2 billion to credit funds in January. Opportunistic credit funds were a favourite but the biggest moves came in infrastructure debt
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