Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland

BNP Paribas AM launches Article 9 social bond fund
BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched a sustainable bond fund that will be classified as article nine under the EU’s sustainable financial disclosure regulation

Amundi replaces European loan head and appoints deputy
Amundi has shaken up the hierarchy of its loan business with a personnel shuffle at the top

Oaktree raises largest ever fund with $15.9 billion for "opportunistic credit" strategy
Oaktree Capital Management has closed its largest ever fund, collecting a whopping $15.9 billion on its latest opportunistic credit strategy, Oaktree Opportunities Fund XI

HPS among winners as Texas pension reveals $725 million allocation to credit
Texas County District & Retirement System has revealed over $700 million in allocations to credit funds it made in October and November - including $400 million to a HPS managed account

Fidelity appoints former CVC official as global head of private assets solutions
Fidelity has hired from CVC to a newly created role of global head of private assets solutions, following the expansion of its private credit businesses earlier this year

HPS targets $9.5 billion for fifth mezzanine debt fund
HPS Investment Partners is targeting $9.5 billion for its fifth global mezzanine debt fund, HPS Strategic Investment Partners V - but unlike earlier vintages, HPS says it will not target opportunities within the upstream energy space

Pemberton closes €1.75 billion strategic credit fund 40% deployed
Pemberton Asset Management has closed its second strategic credit fund, Pemberton Strategic Credit Fund II, at around €1.75 billion

Blackstone Credit names tech investing head
Blackstone Credit has promoted a New York-based official as its global head of technology investing

Ironwood targets $500 million for mezz debt and equity fund
Ironwood Capital is targeting $500 million ($550 million hard cap) for its latest fund which will focus on subordinated debt and minority equity investments in lower middle market US companies

Houlihan Lokey launches quarterly private credit index
Houlihan Lokey says it has launched a quarterly private credit index, which aims to increase visibility in private credit loans and inform investors’ views of market dynamics and help them make more better decisions

American Equity mandates $1 billion to Monroe for software and tech lending
American Equity Investment Life has awarded $1 billion to Monroe Capital for its technology lending platform focusing on middle market software, technology and recurring revenue

Supply chain crisis hits credit amid shift to physical products
Credit investors are bracing for choppy waters as the supply chain crisis makes itself felt on company balance sheets heading into the year end

Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021

Arcmont raises €5 billion for upper-mid market strategy
Arcmont Asset Management has raised €5 billion for a direct lending fund that will target senior loans

Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Niche credit funds make mid-market flexibility count
Funds that have the flexibility to invest in mid-cap debt issuers prospered in September, amid the usual swarm of outperforming CLO funds

FCA draws up new fund structure for long-term assets
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has finalised a new fund structure that is designed to make it easier for defined contribution pension plans to invest in long-term assets

Hayfin creates head of ESG role in London
Hayfin Capital Management says it has hired a head of ESG. This is a newly-created role, but Hayfin says it has “well-established environmental, social and governance capabilities”

Most investors still behind target with sustainability and impact investing, survey finds
72% of global investors plan to increase their allocation targets to sustainability and impact investing. That is according to a limited partner survey by private markets firm HarbourVest Partners HarbourVest’s 2021 ESG, Sustainability, and Impact Investing Survey of LPs

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

Alcentra appoints liquid credit PM as head of responsible investing
Alcentra has built out a dedicated responsible investing team and has appointed its liquid credit portfolio manager to the newly created role of head of responsible investing

Bennett Goodman's Hunter Point buys stake in MidOcean
Hunter Point, which was launched by Blackstone Credit’s co-founder Bennett Goodman alongside Avi Kalichstein in 2020, has made its first investment and bought a minority stake in mid-market specialist MidOcean

Eagle Point hits $300 million hard cap on BDC-lending fund
Eagle Point Credit Management says it has held a $300 million final close on its Defensive Income Fund, hitting its hard cap and exceeding its original $250 million target

Brookfield hires industry veteran as public securities CIO
Brookfield Asset Management has hired a long-serving credit and equity market professional as chief investment officer for its public securities group