BC Credit targets $1.25 billion for third opportunistic credit fund
BC Partners Credit plans to deploy half the fund in private lending and structured equity opportunities and the other half in specialty lending and dislocated liquid credit deals

US private credit default rate rose to 2.06% in Q4, Proskauer reveals
That’s up from 1.56% in Q3 and reverses the trend of declining default rates from the 8.1% peak in Q2 2020.

ICG holds first close on US private credit fund
In total, ICG says it brought it $2.8 billion for its private credit strategies in the quarter

Luxembourg regulator fines Pemberton after 2020 on-site inspection
Private debt manager Pemberton has been fined €22,100 by Luxembourg regulator CSSF after "failures to comply" with "risk management, general principles of the organisational requirements and the supervision of delegated activities"

Investcorp hires Alcentra official as private credit co-head steps down
It follows as Investcorp’s current private credit co-head Chris Jansen will “take on an advisory role and retire later this year after ensuring a smooth transition”

Audax raises $3 billion for unitranche direct lending fund
With leverage, the fund has around $4.5 billion total investable capital

Chenavari expands European presence with Paris office
Chenavari Investment Managers has expanded its presence in Europe with the opening of a French office

Senior Investcorp official lands at wealth manager
A well-known name in the CLO industry has landed at a wealth management firm 

GSAM raises $15.2 billion mezzanine debt fund
With leverage, West Street Mezzanine Partners VIII will have a whopping $15.2 billion capital available to deploy into the junior strategy.

AlbaCore promotes two employees to partner
AlbaCore Capital Group has promoted investor relations specialist Zeynep Tumer Bayazid and deputy chief operating officer Micaela Kelley to partner

Wealth manager launches evergreen private debt fund
Cresset Partners has unveiled what it describes as an evergreen fund in Cresset Partners Private Debt Fund, a US middle-market credit strategy that lends to companies with $10-100 million ebitda

Muzinich holds final close on €800 million European private debt fund
Muzinich & Co says it has held a final close of Muzinich Pan-European Private Debt Fund II at €800 million

Blackstone promotes Marshall to global head of private credit strategies
Blackstone has promoted Brad Marshall to global head of private credit strategies

PSP and Aimco form credit partnership as Aimco poaches its global credit head
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (Aimco) have struck a remarkable agreement which sees the pair jointly invest in credit and the transfer of a senior figure. 

Nassau adds $3.6 billion credit firm Angel Island to its platform
Under the deal, Angel Island will become a subsidiary of Nassau’s asset management unit, Nassau Asset Management

Reed Smith brings in private credit specialist as partner in London
Reed Smith has brought in a lawyer from McGuireWoods to its financial industry group

Alpha Dhabi taps Apollo Mubadala partnership with $2.5 billion private credit JV
The group will leverage Mubadala's relationship with Apollo Global Management to access "high quality private credit investment opportunities" 

Angelo Gordon launches non-traded BDC following private BDC merger
Angelo Gordon has launched a non-traded business development company, AG Twin Brook Capital Income Fund, following a merger with an existing $616.2 million private BDC managed by the firm, AGTB Private BDC

Churchill closes $737 million junior debt fund with small rated note
Churchill Asset Management closed its second junior debt fund, Churchill Junior Capital Opportunities Fund II, which includes a $65 million rated note to meet the needs of insurance company investors

Tikehau launches inaugural $300m CFO
Tikehau Capital says it has closed its inaugural collateralised fund obligation, joining the likes of Churchill Asset Management and Nassau Corporate Credit who have launched such structures this year. 

Carlyle targets $6.5 billion for credit opps fund
Carlyle Group is targeting $6.5 billion for its third opportunistic credit fund, according to a pitchbook seen by Creditflux

Fund performance: Light at the end of the tunnel for credit funds after difficult year
Following a tough September, credit funds bounced back in October as 59% of funds made positive returns.

Credit hedge fund returns (December 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (December 2023)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

EIB backs German bank's SRT
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg has issued an SRT with support from the European Investment Bank.