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SVP doubles assets from 2020 as it launches $5 billion distressed fund
2 years ago
Strategic Value Partners has closed a $5 billion distressed debt fund, which it says has made it one of the “largest global investors in the distressed debt and special situations space”. -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
2 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
Credit fundraising: three massive European direct lending funds notch up €17.6 bn
3 years ago
Fundraising figures continued upwards in April as just over $24 billion was raised for credit funds, alongside $3.2 worth of allocations to credit managers. Nine funds held final closes including the largest European direct lending fund raised to date -
Apollo establishes $1 billion credit secondaries platform
3 years ago
Apollo says it formed the platform to capitalise on the explosive growth of private credit, as well as addressing related liquidity or portfolio needs from underlying investors -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers -
Atalaya hits $1 billion hard cap on private credit fund with 10-13% return target
3 years ago
Atalaya Capital Management has hit its $1 billion hard cap on its private credit speciality finance fund, Asset Income Fund V -
Bardin Hill closes opportunistic credit fund with $600 million in commitments
3 years ago
Bardin Hill Investment Partners has closed a commingled fund, Bardin Hill Opportunistic Credit Fund, as well as a sidecar strategy, with around $600 million of commitments -
SME lender LCM raises €3.4 billion for European credit fund
3 years ago
LCM Credit Opportunities 4 is nearing a €4 billion target and expects to hold a final close in April -
Kennedy Lewis raises $2.1 billion opportunistic credit fund
3 years ago
Kennedy Lewis Investment Management has closed a second middle market opportunistic credit fund at $2.1 billion, more than doubling its initial $1 billion target -
TIG delves into Asian credit following minority investment in Arkkan
3 years ago
New York-based asset manager TIG Advisors has bought a minority equity stake in Hong Kong-based alternative asset manager Arkkan Capital -
No CDS auction for Scandinavian Airlines 'soft' credit event, rules DC
3 years ago
A credit event auction will not take place for Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden CDS contracts, despite the company triggered a restructuring credit event last month, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled -
LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
3 years ago
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein -
GSO co-founder Bennett launches minority GP-stake business
3 years ago
GSO Capital Partners co-founder Bennett Goodman (the “G” in GSO) has teamed with Mike Arpey, Avshalom Kalichstein and Rex Chung to launch a new GP stakes investing business -
Credit fundraising: Dubai manager gets in on the act as direct lending takes off
3 years ago
Shuaa launches credit fund in the Gulf as Ares, Contingency, HPS and Perceptive are among those to close billion-plus funds -
Scandinavian Airlines System triggers restructuring credit event
3 years ago
Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden has triggered a restructuring credit event as a result of its recent recapitalisation, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
[update] Beneath the triple C: theme parks take portfolios on downward ride
3 years ago
Seven corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in September by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s – hurting $2.16 billion of US CLO loans and €1.16 billion of European CLO portfolio. The pace of CLO loan downgrades to triple C has slowed steadily since the peak in April -
Värde names deputy CEO and several promotions
3 years ago
The transitional appointments follow George Hicks, co-founder and co-CEO, saying in July last year he would move to an executive chair role by the end of 2021 -
Syz hires former Brigade official as it pushes into litigation finance
3 years ago
Syz Capital has appointed a head of special situations and uncorrelated strategies, as part of the firm’s push into litigation finance -
SVP collects $1.65 billion for dislocation fund in four months
3 years ago
Strategic Value Partners has closed fundraising for its Strategic Value Dislocation Fund with around $1.65 billion in commitments -
US investors piled into structured credit and private lending in 2019, Gapstow finds
3 years ago
US institutional investors' allocations to 'alternative credit' increased 12% year-over-year in 2019, according to research by fund of funds manager Gapstow Capital Partners -
iQor files for chapter 11 with CLOs holding $260 millon
3 years ago
17 CLO managers hold $263.1 million term loans of customer services provider iQor, which filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas today -
Credit event auctions mount as European resistance breaks
3 years ago
Two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years — have made 2020 the second busiest year ever for credit event auctions -
Hema and Matalan auctions set as DC ponders Ensco credit event
3 years ago
Dates have been set for credit event auctions to settle two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years -
CLOs stuck with $100 million of bankrupt TNT Crane's debt
3 years ago
14 CLO managers hold $92.5 million debt of TNT Crane & Rigging, which filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court For The District Of Delaware yesterday -
LP round up: Connecticut eyes Fortress for private credit partnership
3 years ago
Investors placed $3.3 billion across 26 credit mandates over the past fortnight, according to documents seen by Creditflux
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