Essling Capital brings in four-person fund of funds team from Amundi
Paris-based private equity firm Essling Capital has expanded its staff, hiring a four-person fund of funds team from Amundi Private Equity Funds to specialise in private equity and debt

Direct lending fund manager Beechbrook hires for Manchester office
Jon Petty joins Beechbrook as an associate director from Deloitte

British Business Bank launches fund to boost lending in the midlands
The British Business Bank's newly announced £120 million fund ($155 million) represents the first part of a wider £250 million commitment

Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns

Permira seeks to grow its direct lending AUM with new managed account
Permira Debt Managers (PDM) has launched a new managed account, which is understood to be geared towards direct lending

Investec hires to its UK mid-market lending team
James Goût has joined Investec’s middle-market lending team in London after leaving Barclays

New Ares strategy points to euro direct lending SMA with US pension fund
Ares Management has registered a vehicle known as Ares European Credit Strategies VII, in what is believed to be a separately managed account geared towards direct lending

Direct lending growth spurs Ares's AUM above $100 billion
Yet again credit and, more specifically, direct lending is proving to be the driving force behind Ares Management’s growth

Former co-head of Rothschild Asset Management to run new Alcentra fund
The new credit interval fund run by Alcentra will be led by Michael Tamasco, according to an announcement.

Time-saving hedge fund platforms stop opportunities evaporating
Lengthy commitment periods and drawn-out negotiations between institutional investors and fund managers could be a thing of the past thanks to a wave of multi-manager hedge fund platforms

Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

Fund platform AMX eyeballs credit funds
Willis Towers Watson’s hedge fund platform has grown to $1.5 billion – and there is space for credit managers  

Oaktree finds space for structured credit in new global credit fund
Oaktree Capital Management has shed some light on its eagerly-awaited push into the structured credit market

KKR Credit's upcoming direct lending fund surpasses $600 million
Fundraising for direct lending strategies is firmly on the agenda at KKR

Pemberton promotes new hire to fill UK origination gap, reports Debtwire
Debtwire has reported that a loan origination partner has left London-based direct lending manager Pemberton and plans to join a family office within the next few months

CDPQ joins the private credit rush with senior hire in New York
O Canada - you're quickly becoming home of the private credit market. We list the key people flows over the last two years as pension funds in North America become ingrained in private credit

BlueBay closes senior-only European debt fund at €3 billion
BlueBay Asset Management has announced that it is held a final close on a €3 billion European direct lending fund

Barings goes global with new mid-market strategy after rapid fund raise
Barings says that it has raised $1.3 billion for a new middle-market credit fund after less than six months on the marketing trail

White Oak leads Permira and HIG in club loan for Getronics
San Francisco-based mid-market credit specialist White Oak Global Advisors has announced that it led a club financing deal for strategic investor Bottega’s acquisition of Amsterdam-based IT Services Provider Getronics

Abraaj steps up fundraising for new $500 million global credit fund
The International Finance Corporation is looking to make a $20 million allocation to a new credit fund being launched by Abraaj Group

Fast-growing private credit firm Northleaf brings in senior advisor
Northleaf Capital Partners has announced that Robert Weiss has joined as a senior advisor for its private credit team

BlackRock raises UK fund with large private credit allocation
BlackRock has announced the first close of an alternatives fund with a large allocation to private credit

Crestline targets low-teen returns for direct lending follow-up
Texas-based alternatives manager Crestline Investors has begun marketing its second mid market fund, according to documents seen by Creditflux

HSBC partners with Bain for landmark unitranche loan to UK firm
Bain Capital Credit and HSBC have partnered to extend a unitranche loan to environmental services firm Adler & Allan - the first deal of its kind for HSBC

Pemberton to take flexible approach with new direct lending strategy
Direct lender Pemberton will have the ability to provide junior financing to performing companies as part of a new initiative