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LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
3 years ago
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Fund performance: Almost a third of credit funds reach positive YTD returns
3 years ago
July has been a successful month for many credit funds, despite the recovery peaking in May and June -
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 -
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 -
BlackRock hires former KKR official to head European private capital markets
4 years ago
A leveraged finance veteran has joined BlackRock as European head of the firm’s private capital markets business in London, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux -
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. -
Apollo Global Management ends year with a bang
4 years ago
CLOs returned 8% while direct origination continues to be "rocket fuel", the company said -
BlackRock targets €2.5 billion as it completes first close on European mid-market fund
4 years ago
BlackRock European Middle Market Private Debt Fund II, having collected €1.5 billion at first close, is expected to hold a final close in the first half of next year at around €2.5 billion, according to market sources -
BlackRock joins BDCs with increased leverage approval
4 years ago
BlackRock Capital has become the latest business development company to adopt the higher leverage after the Small Business Credit Availability Act was amended last year -
UK pension hires BNP Paribas AM for starring role in core-satellite private credit fund
4 years ago
UK pension fund Nest has appointed BNP Paribas Asset Management to run the core of a private credit fund, sources say, in an arrangement which sees Amundi and BlackRock manage certain satellite investments -
San Mateo pension backs BlackRock direct lending fund
4 years ago
San Mateo County Employees' Retirement Association is set to make a commitment of $35 million to BlackRock Direct Lending Fund IX, according to an agenda item document seen by Creditflux. -
BlackRock names global alternatives head amid senior leadership shake-up
5 years ago
BlackRock has reshuffled its leadership and made several senior changes across various parts of its business, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux -
BlackRock's Weber: the banks saw us as competitors, now they see us as partners [video]
5 years ago
BlackRock's head of private debt in Germany, Theo Weber, spoke with Creditflux's Mike Peterson after his panel at the Creditflux European Direct Lending conference in London last week -
New York pension ups commitment to HarbourVest by $400 million
5 years ago
New York State Teachers' Retirement System has topped up commitments to Maple Fund, having already approved $600 million in 2017 -
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 -
BlackRock BDC seeks shareholder approval to fast-track leverage increase
5 years ago
BlackRock TCP Capital Corp has become the latest business development company to seek shareholders’ approval to double its use of leverage -
BlackRock becomes latest manager to explore interval fund structure for credit
5 years ago
Several managers have hit the market with the interval fund structure, as investors look to invest in illiquid strategies through an illiquid fund structure -
Private credit specialist rejoins Ares in Los Angeles
5 years ago
Ares Capital Management has appointed managing director Michael Zugay to its private credit team in Los Angeles -
Benefit Street Partners taps Monroe and BlackRock for private debt origination hires
5 years ago
Benefit Street Partners has made two senior appointments to its private debt origination team -
BlackRock completes Tennenbaum acquisition
5 years ago
Global asset manager BlackRock has completed the previously announced acquisition of Tenenbaum Capital Partners -
BlackRock holds €1.1 billion final close for inaugural mid market fund
5 years ago
BlackRock has held a €1.1 billion close for its inaugural middle market private debt fund – exceeding its initial €750 million target. -
BlackRock expands US private debt capabilities with TCP acquisition
6 years ago
BlackRock has agreed to acquire $9 billion asset manager Tennenbaum Capital Partners -
BlackRock raising $2.5 billion for direct lending fund: report
6 years ago
BlackRock is seeking to raise $2.5 billion for a private credit fund – and has already hit the $1.5 billion mark in sales, according to a Bloomberg report -
Ohio pension backs BlackRock multi-asset and BlueBay direct lending funds
6 years ago
BlackRock and BlueBay have each won commitments from a $14.7 billion Ohio pension fund -
BlackRock raises UK fund with large private credit allocation
6 years ago
BlackRock has announced the first close of an alternatives fund with a large allocation to private credit
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