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New Mexico pension system allocates USD 200m to specialty finance
3 months ago
The new commitment is the latest in a string of investments in private credit from the New Mexico State Investment Council, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars -
Brookfield infra debt fund beats fundraise target
10 months ago
Brookfield Asset Management has held an above-target final close for its third infrastructure debt fund, in a sign of strong appetite for debt in contrast to tough fundraising conditions in infrastructure equity -
Ares raises USD 6.6bn for asset-based credit fund
10 months ago
Ares Management Corporation revealed the final close of its asset-based private credit fund Ares Pathfinder Fund II, reaching its hard cap at USD 6.6bn in commitments -
Beverage holding company launches new $100 million credit fund
1 year ago
Beverage holding company seeks to fuel the bourbon business with new $100 million credit fund -
Blackstone closes energy transition fund at over $7.1 billion
1 year ago
Blackstone builds on sustainable credit platform with the final close of a new $7.1 billion green fund -
March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
1 year ago
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month. -
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 -
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 -
Carlyle strikes agreement to manage $112m listed fund and shift strategy to CLOs
1 year ago
Vertical Capital Income Fund has struck an agreement for Carlyle Group to take over as investment advisor in a move which will result in the New York Stock Exchange-listed fund shifting focus towards CLO debt and equity investments. -
Fund performance: Light at the end of the tunnel for credit funds after difficult year
1 year ago
Following a tough September, credit funds bounced back in October as 59% of funds made positive returns. -
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. -
Private equity firms are becoming CLO converts: TwentyFour
1 year ago
Private equity firms have increasingly bought CLO and other securitised debt tranches in recent weeks instead of their usual preference for physical assets - a trade TwentyFour believes "makes perfect sense" -
LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
2 years 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 -
Fund managers join forces on US asset-based lending platform
2 years ago
Castlelake has teamed up with Aequum Capital Founder to launch an asset-based lending platform, which will lend in ticket sizes of $1-10 million -
Real estate is about to get real bad: Welshcake
2 years ago
The extent of disconnect between real estate and what other markets have been experiencing is enough to convince me a whole other layer of economic mayhem is on the way. But investors in credit, for all their current pain, could still end up shining if they are prepared -
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 -
US pensions assign $1.5 billion to 16 credit managers in December
2 years ago
US public pensions rounded off 2021 by gifting credit managers around $1.5 billion in commitments, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
2 years ago
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021 -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
2 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
Pretium hires senior PineBridge official to spearhead middle east expansion
2 years ago
Pretium has established a presence in the Middle East with the opening of a Dubai office and has hired a managing director from PineBridge to lead the charge -
Credit Fundraising: September breaks 2021 record and poses question - is it sustainable?
2 years ago
The third quarter ended with $36.5 billion being raised in credit last month, doubling July and August figures. Several of the new funds have embedded Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation or ESG criteria at the heart of their investment thesis -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
3 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
Fund performance: CLO funds outperform as two hit over 100% 12-months return
3 years ago
CLO funds swatted away the competition in April on their way to dominating our top 10 credit hedge fund return table after an upbeat month -
Orion crosses $1 billion mark with third energy credit fund
3 years ago
Orion Energy Credit Opportunities Fund III will invest in middle market infrastructure credit -
Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds
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