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Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
2 years ago
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021 -
BlueBay launches Article 8 multi-asset credit fund with Lloyds of London backing
2 years ago
The Article 8 fund will invest in high yield, bank loans, financial capital bonds, structured credit, convertible bonds, emerging markets and developed market investment grade -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
3 years ago
Fund managers in structured credit, real assets and distressed are bullish on the prospects for residential housing in 2021. Elsewhere, niche royalty-based strategies are in favour and although a CLO repricing wave is expected, it may not be easy to execute resets. For more, read our 13-page quarterly report on credit. -
BlueBay launches CLO fund with seed capital from parent RBC
4 years ago
Sources say the strategy launched earlier this year via an Irish fund structure with seed capital provided by BlueBay’s parent company, RBC -
BlueBay launches global leveraged finance fund
4 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has launched a global leveraged finance fund that is able to allocate towards high yield bonds, leveraged loans, structured credit and investment grade assets -
Unlevered direct lending funds bring in first-time investors
5 years ago
Unlevered direct lending funds are particularly appealing to first-time investors and one of the biggest managers in the business has taken note of this -
BlueBay closes fourth direct lending fund at €6 billion
5 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has held a final close for its fourth private debt fund with over €6 billion of investable capital -
BlueBay targets €5 billion for European direct lending strategy
5 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management is targeting €5 billion for its latest European direct lending strategy, according to documents seen by Creditflux, and has won $125 million in commitments from two US pension funds -
Korean pension fund commits €80 million to European direct lending
5 years ago
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), the €7.7 billion Korean pension fund, has selected Alcentra and BlueBay Asset Management for two commingled blind funds, according to an announcement notice seen by Creditflux. -
Direct lenders flock to Munich as German deal flow picks up
5 years ago
German private debt is attracting a growing number of fund managers. Market sources say that deal flow through the first half of the year was at 65% of 2017’s total and had surpassed the number of private debt deals executed by funds in each of the previous five years -
BlueBay aims to capitalise on volatility with diversified alternative credit fund
5 years ago
The new Icav QIAIF will invest in a range of sub-strategies including global credit alpha, global long/short, event driven credit and emerging market credit alpha -
New Hampshire pension makes $50 million commitment to direct lending
6 years ago
The New Hampshire Retirement System has approved a $50 million commitment to BlueBay’s Direct Lending Fund III (USD unlevered), according to documents seen by Creditflux -
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 -
Bluebay poised to launch third European private debt fund
6 years ago
London-based Bluebay Asset Management is seeking to launch its third European private debt fund, according to media reports -
BlueBay fund loses over $50 million in 18 months
6 years ago
BlueBay’s Credit Alpha Long Short fund strategy has shrunk by over $50 million since May 2016, Creditflux understands -
BlueBay joins credit interval fund rush
6 years ago
London-based manager could be first to launch interval fund based on mainly non-US credit -
BlueBay launches Ucits bond fund
6 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has launched a new global fixed income fund, with an eye on wealth managers -
US investors allocate over $100 million to BlueBay credit fund
6 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has picked up over $100 million of commitments from US investors for its total return credit fund -
BlueBay closes senior-only European debt fund at €3 billion
6 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has announced that it is held a final close on a €3 billion European direct lending fund -
BlueBay launches new credit fund alongside Nordic pension fund
7 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management says that it is expanding its ESG (environmental, social and governance) fixed income offering -
New England pension fund allocates to direct lending and distressed debt
8 years ago
Direct lending is proving to be an attractive proposition for US pension funds. One such investor has recently awarded contracts to two direct lending managers
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