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Vida promotes marketing specialist to CIO
4 years ago
Vida Capital Management has appointed a new president and chief investment officer, effective 1 March -
Goldman Sachs in talks to buy minority stake in Permira
4 years ago
Goldman Sachs is looking to buy a minority stake in private equity firm Permira -
NXT launches first direct lending fund since Orix takeover
4 years ago
NXT Capital is back in the market fundraising for its sixth direct lending fund, NXT Capital Senior Loan Fund VI, according to US regulatory filings -
Private credit is not overcrowded — there is four times as much private equity dry powder
4 years ago
With much negative reporting around private credit, our columnist debunks oft-heard complaints -
Raymond James scores first arranging credit with Deerpath CLO
4 years ago
Deerpath Capital Management has priced its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies as Raymond James scored its first CLO arranging credit as co-placement agent -
Dispersion tests hedge fund managers
Credit hedge funds with the ability to go long and short the market were the top performers last year. But dispersion made it possible for fund managers to eke out value across many sectors4 years ago -
PE firms look to go it alone as credit units reach maturity
4 years ago
Private equity firms are starting to weigh up the merits of housing private debt businesses, with TPG Capital the latest to contemplate splitting with its credit business TPG Sixth Street. It follows EQT Capital, which announced a strategic review in January centred on parting ways with its credit unit. -
They said it: "How about a carbon reduction covenant?"
4 years ago
In a social media post, Bfinance’s Trevor Castledine recalls a conversation with a private debt manager who claimed to be powerless when it comes to influencing borrowers over ESG. The lender’s response was: “Er…” -
BDCs tap bond market to improve funding mix
4 years ago
A plethora of business development companies have turned to the institutional bond market to refinance their debt. -
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. -
ESG pervades US CLOs but screening approach divided
4 years ago
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is reshaping the US CLO market, with February bringing the first CLOs marketed that have explicit ESG-related investment criteria. -
Real assets are now the top picks in private credit
4 years ago
Direct lending is no longer the darling of the private credit market, with pension funds increasingly making space for credit strategies backed by real assets. -
Credit funds at a glance
4 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
4 years ago
A round-up of fund performance -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits start year on high note
4 years ago
A round-up of ucits fund performance -
Mid market CLO league tables: Sumitomo enters the ring
4 years ago
Golub Capital became the first middle market CLO manager to price two deals in 2020 after partnering with first time lead arranger, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Nikko in February -
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 -
Fortress digests CraftWorks bankruptcy
4 years ago
CraftWorks Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday, with Fortress Investments holding all of the Tennessee restaurant operator's first lien debt - of which over half is in middle market CLOs. The New York-based firm has submitted a “stalking horse” bid to buy CraftWorks' assets -
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 -
Rhode Island to step up private and 'opportunistic' credit investments
4 years ago
Rhode Island State Investment Commission, which manages the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island, plans to increase its allocation to private credit and what it terms opportunisitic credit, according to investment consultant Cliffwater -
Minnesota pension slates $600 million to four credit funds
4 years ago
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $600 million to four credit funds -
Ohio pension makes commitment to private credit
4 years ago
School Employees Retirement System of Ohio is set to introduce a 5% private credit allocation to its portfolio -
Kartesia hires former Santander official to lead UK senior debt origination
4 years ago
Kartesia has appointed former a Santander official to lead UK senior debt investments -
US pension looks to put $60 million in private debt as older funds wind down
4 years ago
Boston Retirement System considers committing an additional $60 million to its private debt programme in 2020, following a recommendation by its investment consultant NEPC, -
Calpers backs proposal exempting private debt disclosure
4 years ago
Calpers, the largest US pension fund, is looking to sponsor a proposal exempting California pension funds from disclosing private debt information under the California Public Records Act
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