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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 -
Vermont pension expands private credit and core bonds allocation
4 years ago
Vermont Pension Investment Committee has reshuffled its credit portfolio including transitioning its short-term, quality credit allocation to an active core bonds mandate, as well as redeploying core plus fixed income into an expanded private credit allocation. -
Ohio pension injects $175 million into credit via JP Morgan and HPS
4 years ago
The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has made a $175 million commitment to two strategies; high yield and direct lending -
Texas pension pumps $300 million into Pimco fund
4 years ago
Texas Municipal Retirement System has earmarked up to $300 million to a credit fund managed by Pimco, according to board documents seen by Creditflux, building on a relationship established through a predecessor fund -
New York pension fund puts emphasis on sustainability with $800m credit allocation
4 years ago
The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) has put $800 million into credit with a strong sustainability focus, hiring Avenue, Calvert and Nuveen -
California pension looks to cut liquid credit allocations
4 years ago
Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association will likely cut back on liquid credit and completely remove hedge fund allocations in 2020.. But the pension is optimistic about core bonds – and may include it as a new asset class -
UK charities join forces on hunt for ESG managers
4 years ago
Three UK based charities are joining forces in the hunt for a manager to oversee a £32 million ($41.6 million) portfolio with a strong focus on environment, social and governance (ESG) criteria as well as impact investing -
US pension backs special opportunities fund
4 years ago
Virginia Retirement System (VRS) has committed $150 million to a special opportunities fund, managed by Ares Management Corporation -
US pension injects $300 million into mezzanine debt and high yield
4 years ago
Virginia Retirement System has earmarked $300 million for investments in high yield and mezzanine debt, according to a document seen by Creditflux. -
Michigan pension commits over $300 million to credit
4 years ago
State of Michigan Retirement System has earmarked $302 million for new commitments to credit during the period April to June 2019, according to a document seen by Creditflux. -
Commonfund seeks to diversify manager pool with new portal
4 years ago
Commonfund will launch an online 'diverse manager portal' designed specifically to receive due diligence materials from women and minority-led managers investing in equities, fixed income and credit, real estate and hedge funds -
Credit funds at a glance
4 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Danish pension's credit portfolio gains 7.7% in 2019
4 years ago
Danish pension fund Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP) generated a return of DKK 2.7 billion ($401.2 million) on its credit portfolio in the first half of 2019, increasing the market value of credit investment to DKK 35 billion, according to H1 results -
BlueMountain buyout to bring CLO equity shift, funding pledge and Feldstein payout
4 years ago
BlueMountain Capital Management’s co-founder Andrew Feldstein looks set to receive a substantial pay-out in common shares of Assured Guaranty, which has agreed to buy the manager for around $160 million and has outlined a three-year plan for its CLOs -
EIB and Amundi form green partnership for high yield, private debt and securitisations
4 years ago
Amundi and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have teamed-up to launch Green Credit Continuum (Greco) programme with the aim of raising €1 billion over the next three years for green credit initiatives -
US pension replaces Cliffwater with Meketa
4 years ago
Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds has selected Meketa as a consultant to oversee its opportunistic investments, which consists of direct lending and opportunistic credit investments, along with investments in hedge funds and real assets. -
Japanese pension fund turns its attention to credit funds
4 years ago
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has launched a request for information (RFI) on private debt with the institution looking into new assets classes in a bid to generate higher returns -
New investments drive Canada Pension Plan’s credit returns to 8.7%
4 years ago
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)’s credit portfolio has delivered good returns during the 2019 fiscal year, despite the market volatility, according to the institution’s annual financial report -
US pension fund to commit $1.1 billion in private credit by 2020
4 years ago
Investment consultant NEPC has recommended that Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) commit $550 million in private credit in both 2019 and 2020, according to a private credit review -
Massachusetts pension seeks multi-sector bond managers
5 years ago
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority Employees’ Retirement System has launched a request for proposals in which it opens the search for multi-sector and specialty lending bond managers -
Illiquid credit boost returns for PensionDanmark
5 years ago
PensionDanmark has generated 5.8% returns from its illiquid credit portfolio for the year 2018, according to its latest annual report published today. But its liquid credit portfolio took a 3.4% hit -
Majority of investors seek to increase private credit allocations, BlackRock survey reveals
5 years ago
Over half of investors plan to increase their allocation to private credit in 2019, according to an institutional client rebalancing report published by BlackRock -
California pension fund seeks opportunistic credit manager
5 years ago
Merced County Employees’ Retirement Association is on the search for an opportunistic credit manager, according to board minutes seen by Creditflux -
Alaska fund appoints CIO
5 years ago
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), the $65 billion sovereign wealth fund, has promoted an official to chief investment officer. -
Shetland Islands pension looks to terminate bonds and introduce direct lending
5 years ago
A UK pension fund is looking to terminate its bond mandate and introduce a 12.5% direct lending and 12.5% alternative funds asset allocation, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux
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