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LP round-up: Champaign pension raises a glass (or bucket) to private credit
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated over $600 million to 11 managers this week, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
KKR raises $4 billion for coronavirus dislocation credit strategy
3 years ago
KKR has collected $4 billion to invest across credit opportunities in eight weeks– including $2.8 billion in its KKR Dislocation Opportunities Fund and over $1.1 billion from managed accounts -
KKR deploys 10% of $2 billion coronavirus dislocation credit fund
4 years ago
KKR Credit has plans to launch a $2 billion dislocated corporate and asset backed credit fund to take advantage of coronavirus-induced volatility. And the New York-based manager has wasted no time swooping on opportunities after deploying $212 million by 9 April -
Fitch places five BDCs on negative outlook
4 years ago
Fitch Ratings has changed the outlooks of five business development companies from stable to negative folllowing a review of its rated BDCs -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
4 years ago -
KKR bolsters global impact team
4 years ago
Investment firm KKR has appointed two senior professionals within its global impact team, as it looks to strengthen its geographic reach and local impact -
KKR adds CLO mezz and private credit to mix with opportunistic credit fund
4 years ago
The new interval fund will invest in opportunistic credit, including CLO mezzanine debt, as well as private debt -
Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis and Golub reign supreme
4 years ago
June brought just three middle market CLOs pricings with two new issues and one refinancing that totalled $1.6 billion, bringing the year-to-date volume to $9.9 billion. Natixis is the leading arranger, having a hand in 38% of deals -
FS and KKR create $9 billion publicly-listed BDC with four-way merger
4 years ago
The move would create the second largest BDC by assets under management -
KKR and FS Investments' BDC platform markets new issue CLO
4 years ago
KKR and FS Investments’ business development company, FS KKR Capital Corp, is marketing a new issue CLO via Citi named FS KKR MM CLO 1 -
Pensions pile in as KKR sets $2 billion direct lending fund target
5 years ago
KKR Credit has raised at least $1.6 billion for its third US direct lending fund, according to US regulatory filings. -
Credit drives strong returns for five of the largest asset managers in the business
5 years ago
Carlyle is close to hitting its ambitious fundraising target; direct lending has been kind to Ares; and Och-Ziff has decided to shed its US CLO risk retention stakes after exiting its financing agreements -
Texas pension fund puts $150 million into credit
5 years ago
A $29.7 billion pension fund has approved commitments to two credit fund managers -
FS and KKR merge BDCs to create second-largest publicly traded BDC
5 years ago
FS Investments and KKR Credit yesterday agreed to merge FS Investment Corporation (FSIC) and Corporate Capital Trust (CCT), in a move that has created the second largest publicly-traded BDC behind Ares Capital Corporation -
Alcentra hires co-heads of US direct lending
5 years ago
Alcentra has moved into the US direct lending space - and has appointed Suhail Shaikh and Peter Glaser as managing directors and co-heads of its US direct lending business -
Former BlueMountain portfolio manager resurfaces at KKR
5 years ago
A credit specialist who left BlueMountain in 2017 has resurfaced at KKR Credit as a director in its New York office, Creditflux has learned -
GoldenTree, KKR and StepStone earn sub-advisor roles for new interval fund
6 years ago
FS Investments is launching a multi-strategy interval fund and has chosen GoldenTree Asset Management, KKR Credit and StepStone Group to act as sub-advisors -
FS Investment BDC's assets shrink for fifth year running
6 years ago
FS Investment Corporation, an FS Investments business development company (BDC), failed to grow its assets again in 2017 – but insists its recently announced partnership with KKR will allow it to grow stockholder value -
KKR considers switching from partnership to corporation
6 years ago
Global investment firm KKR is considering a change to its legal structure, with the firm’s senior management and board of directors currently evaluating whether to convert from a partnership to a corporation, or C-corp -
Arizona pension fund looks to commit up to $250 million to direct lending
6 years ago
Arizona Public Safety Retirement System (Psprs) is considering investing up to $250 million in direct lending, according to investment board documentation dated 31 January -
Direct lending head says market is overheating
6 years ago
A 2018 outlook report by KKR suggests now’s the time to reduce exposure to direct lending. This comes as another part of KKR goes on a direct lending fundraising spree -
KKR raises $2.24 billion for second private credit opportunities fund
6 years ago
Global investment firm KKR has announced the final close of its second private credit opportunities fund, KKR Private Credit Opportunities II, at $2.24 billion -
KKR Credit wins US pension fund's $300 million private debt mandate
6 years ago
KKR credit has won a mandate from an Iowa pension fund to act as its private corporate debt strategic partner, board documentation seen by Creditflux reveals -
FS and GSO end subadvisory partnership amid new launch plans for both
6 years ago
GSO Capital Partners has announced plans to launch an internal direct lending business and to stop subadvising FS Investments’ funds, while FS has agreed to form new partnerships with KKR and EIG Global Energy Partners to manage FS's BDC platform -
KKR and Audax poised to receive commitments from Arizona pension fund
6 years ago
Arizona’s Safety Personnel Retirement System may commit $175 million to credit strategies run ky KKR and Audax, according to board documents seen by Creditflux
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