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LP round up: pension creates private credit bucket as Florida eyes 'best distressed opportunity ever'
3 years ago
There was no slowdown in credit allocations last week, wrapping up what has been an extremely busy July. $1.4 billion has been allocated to credit, it has emerged over the last seven days, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. -
LP round up: Oregon eyes $1.8 billion into structured credit
3 years ago
Institutional investors have earmarked over $6 billion to credit funds over the past two weeks -
LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
3 years ago
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
3 years ago
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies -
LP round up: Pimco gets the Disco started as distressed managers win allocations
3 years ago
Insitutional investors allocated just over $1 billion to credit funds last week, according to board documents seen by Creditflux, with special situation funds from Farallon, Pimco and SSG taking the bulk of these commitments -
Non-bank lenders spot fund financing opportunities
3 years ago
Volatility arising from the coronavirus will give non-bank lenders an opportunity to gain market share from traditional lenders in the fund financing space, sources say -
LP round-up: talf and dislocation funds win as pensions allocate $350 million to credit
3 years ago
Investors poured in $350 million to eight credit-focused funds, primarily to credit dislocation funds. Private debt continued to remain stead with investors maintaining or increase allocations -
Minnesota pension's 2020 credit allocations hit $1 billion
3 years ago
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $400 million across to two credit managers in a private market update. The commitments mark $1 billion allocated to credit in 2020 by the pension -
Illinois pension seeks distressed debt or opportunistic credit manager
3 years ago
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund is requesting proposals for opportunistic and distressed private credit fund managers and has at least $25 million to allocate -
Two managers beat 70 for £900 million emerging market bond mandate
3 years ago
LGPS Central has selected two external managers for its £900 million Global Active Emerging Market Bond Fund -
Private credit dangers lurk, but fear drives inflows
4 years ago
Fear of missing out is one reason institutional investors are allocating to private credit, but market participants say that investors should err on the side of caution, despite the number of attractive opportunities -
Boston pension seeks distressed debt manager
4 years ago
Boston Retirement System is reissuing its private debt manager search and soliciting proposals from firms to manage a distressed debt mandate -
Virginia pension allocates $850 million to credit in Q1
4 years ago
Virginia Retirement System has allocated $850 million to three credit strategies in the first quarter of the year, according to an update at its 15 April investment committee meeting -
Sacramento pension earmarks $150 million for private credit in 2020
4 years ago
The pension fund expects to commit to two direct lending funds and one credit fund it describes as 'opportunistic' -
Schroders scheme allocates £800 million to credit and liability investments
4 years ago
The Schroders Retirement Benefits Scheme has invested £800 million of its defined benefit assets to the organisation’s cash flow driven investing building blocks -
Private credit funds could find better buying opportunities this year, says NEPC
4 years ago
Institutional investors looking to allocate to private credit in 2020 should focus on distressed debt, opportunistic credit and niche lending, according to investment consultant NEPC, with 2019 vintage funds potentially seeing “better buying opportunities” despite valuations being at cyclical highs -
Investors preferred real asset debt to corporate private debt in 2019, finds Bfinance
4 years ago
Bfinance stated that, in dollar terms, real asset debt searches conducted by investors outweighed corporate private debt searches in 2019 -
Pitching your structured credit fund: the three golden rules
4 years ago
Structured credit fund managers were given a lesson in how to market their strategies by a group of asset allocators at the Creditflux CLO Summit in New York. -
Pennsylvania pension creates private credit bucket
4 years ago
Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System has approved a new 4% allocation to the private credit asset class -
US pension fund hires fixed income manager
4 years ago
Howard County Retirement Plans has appointed Payden & Rygel to oversee a $40 million absolute-return fixed income portfolio, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
UK pension partnership launches maiden private credit offering at £581 million
4 years ago
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (BCPP) is set to commit £581 million in private credit, as part of its maiden offering in this asset class -
West coast pension looks to step up direct lending allocations
4 years ago
The City of Fresno Retirement System will commit $140-160 million to private credit for the next two years, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. This comes amid a pause in direct lending commitments for the pension fund, which has not committed any capital to this market in 2019 -
Minnesota pension to invest $300 million in distressed and private credit funds
4 years ago
Minnesota State Board of Investments is set to invest $100 million in a mezzanine debt fund and $200 million in a distressed debt fund -
Arizona pension to deploy up to $700 million a year in private credit
4 years ago
Arizona Public Safety Employee System is looking to deploy $600-700 million in private credit strategies per year in order to meet its target allocation, according to board documents seen by Creditflux.
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