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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 -
Apollo invests $1 billion in IG CLOs, launches secondary solutions platform and cuts BDC fees
1 year ago
In its earnings call, Apollo highlighted the resilience of the CLO asset class, strong deployment in direct lending, upcoming reduction in management fees for its publicly traded BDC and the launch of a new secondaries and sponsor solutions platforn, seeded by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority -
"Extreme volatility can push BSL yields close to mid market levels, although that trade never lasts"
1 year ago
The two segments of the loan market are on different paths as mid-market volumes rise -
Apollo launches private credit JV with Belstar in Korea
1 year ago
Apollo says it has been “exploring the market opportunity in Korea with a heightened degree of interest for several years” -
HPS launches sixth direct lending fund
1 year ago
The firm's previous fund in the series closed in September with over $15 billion of investable capital -
Cheyne looks to uncover value in sponsorless loans
1 year ago
Cheyne Capital Management is eyeing sponsorless direct lending opportunities for a fund launch later this year -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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CFOs stage comeback as fundraising tool for managers
1 year ago
Collateralised fund obligations are coming back into fashion, with Churchill Asset Management the latest firm to launch such an offering after announcing a $700 million deal last month. -
Carlyle launches decarbonisation-linked financing initiative
1 year ago
Carlyle Group says its credit division has launched a decarbonisation-linked financing programme, having closed the first two loans under this initiative -
Czech mate: Voya IM agrees to buy $5 billion US direct lender
1 year ago
Private markets and alternative capabilities have been a “strategic focus and growth driver” for Voya and the firm says its new direct lending team will “complement our leading fixed income platform and accelerate the expansion of our private and leveraged credit franchise across institutional, insurance and retail channels” -
JP Morgan AM names head of private credit secondaries
1 year ago
The firm says the hire reflects “significant demand for secondaries strategies from clients across the globe, reflecting the need for greater liquidity to take advantage of opportunities as private debt markets mature" -
KKR reports $115 billion dry powder as it changes public markets business name
1 year ago
KKR reported strong deployment and dry powder figures but fee-related earnings came short of expectations -
Arena collects $930 million for second opportunistic credit fund
1 year ago
Arena has made a final close on a fund and surpassed the target it set at its first close in July last year -
Ares plans four credit fund launches amid strong deployment
1 year ago
Ares Management benefitted from strong private credit deployment in the quarted and unveiled plans to raise its sixth European direct lending fund, second flagship closed-end alternative credit fund and third US junior capital direct lending fund -
Carlyle's global credit business becomes largest share of firm's fee-earning AUM
1 year ago
Carlyle has held a first close on its second revolving credit fund, while saying its CLOs are ‘well positioned’ and it does not expect management fee deferrals anytime soon -
Fund managers join forces on US asset-based lending platform
1 year 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 -
Tikehau collects €3.3 billion for fifth European direct lending strategy
1 year ago
Tikehau Capital revealed in its H1 2022 results it reached a final close for its fifth European direct lending fund in July, collecting €3.3 billion for the strategy -
First Eagle wraps up fundraising for $1 billion direct lending fund
1 year ago
The strategy will target 6-9% net internal rate of return for its unlevered sleeve and 8-11% net IRR of return for its levered sleeve -
BlackRock closes £1.7 billion private debt fund with wide mandate for UK pensions
1 year ago
The firm has deployed around 60% of the fund, which invests across US and European direct lending, US and European real estate debt and the firm’s global opportunistic strategy -
Alecta "closes the circle" as it invests with PGGM in Nordea SRT
1 year ago
Joint venture partners Alecta and PGGM Investments have printed a €2.5 billion significiant risk transfer with Nordea in what marks the first Simple, Transparent and Standardised-compliant SRT to reference pan-Nordic assets -
US direct lender plots expansion into broadly syndicated loan CLOs
1 year ago
The US CLO manager universe looks set to expand further with sources indicating a US middle market direct lender is exploring launching a BSL CLO platform -
Credit Rendezvous: Investors try to avoid suplex city as recession and inflation reform tag-team
1 year ago
Credit investors getting ready to lock up against that familiar 1970s pairing of inflation and recession. But the hard-hitting tag team has picked up some new moves, causing floating rate outperformance to give way to underperformance; synthetic credit to outperform cash; and CLO terms curves to reshape into barely recognisable positions -
Five credit managers win nearly $1 billion from UK pension pool
1 year ago
Five private credit funds emerged as winners after UK pension pool Border to Coast revealed $1 billion in a wide variety of private credit commitments -
Monroe goes on fundraising trail for second opportunistic private credit fund
1 year ago
Monroe Capital has incorporated vehicles for its second opportunistic private credit fund, just two months after closing its inaugural fund, according to regulatory filings -
CSAM closes inaugural global direct lending fund with $3bn deployable capital
1 year ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management has held a final close of its inaugural private credit opportunities fund at $1.67 billion. With leverage, the fund will have ‘in excess of $3 billion’ to deploy
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