Schroders appoints global head of private assets division
Schroders has made a hire for its newly created job of global head of private assets, which includes private equity, infrastructure finance, real estate investments and direct lending  

Italian journo pension scheme presses ahead with plan to invest in private debt
The National Institute for Italian Journalists' Social Security (INPGI) has launched a tender notice seeking closed-ended private debt funds to invest in, or unlisted debt instruments including infrastructure debt, private corporate debt and real estate debt  

Tikehau garners €2.1 billion for European direct lending strategy
Tikehau Investment Management has collected €2.1 billion for its fourth private debt strategy - three times larger than its predecessor fund 

Allianz IM puts $200 million into Indian private debt
Allianz Investment Management has committed $200 million into the private debt platform of Edelweiss, an Indian diversified financial services firm.  

BlueBay closes fourth direct lending fund at €6 billion
BlueBay Asset Management has held a final close for its fourth private debt fund with over €6 billion of investable capital

HPS targets $8 billion for flagship mezzanine strategy
HPS Mezzanine Partners 2019, the firm's fourth fund in its mezzanine strategy, has won $100 million from a Louisiana pension fund 

Creditflux and Debtwire launch European direct lending report
Creditflux is joining forces with Acuris stablemate Debtwire to launch its first European direct lending publication

Pemberton appoints head of Benelux and opens Amsterdam office
Pemberton Capital Advisors has expanded its presence in mainland Europe with the opening of an office in Amsterdam

Kreos exceeds €600 million target size for its largest direct lending fund to date
Kreos Capital has held a final close for its sixth European growth debt fund at €700 million

MV and EQ combine for €70 million for private credit fund
EQ Asset Management has raised €70 million for its second private credit fund in partnership with MV Credit, the fund of fund operator has announced

Italian foundation seeks new CIO to oversee pension pot
Rome-based foundation Fondazione Enasarco is searching for a new chief investment officer, following the departure of Robert Rausch  

Performing credit tops distressed credit for Blackstone, but credit AUM declines
The firm is looking to boost its direct lending business to gain $10 billion of available capital over the next couple of years

AnaCap buys €4 billion Italian SME loan portfolio
AnaCap Financial Partners has made its first transaction of its fourth credit opportunities fund 

Golding holds €580 million final close for private debt fund
Golding Capital Partners has held a final close for its private debt fund strategy at €580 million

Axa IM looks to buy stake in mezzanine lender Capzanine
Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM), the multi-asset investor, and Axa France, the Paris-based insurance company, have entered exclusive talks to buy a minority stake in French private equity house and debt provider Capzanine, from Eurazeo

Finint holds €51.6 million first close for Italian debt fund
Finint Investments has a €150 million target for PMI Italia II and expects to hold a final close by the end of 2019 

Talde launches €100 million debt fund
Talde Private Equity, a Spanish general partner company, has launched Talde Deuda Alternativa, a debt fund with a €100 million target aimed at financing European small and medium sized enterprises

Hermes adds ex-UBS official to private debt team
Hermes Investment Management has appointed a European leveraged finance specialist to its private debt team

Partners Group private debt assets hit €15.36 billion
Partners Group, the Swiss alternatives manager, secured €5 billion of new private debt commitments in 2018, propelling the firm’s private debt assets under management to €15.36bn

Allianz GI expands private debt team with senior hire
The new hire will be responsible for developing Allianz GI’s mid-market debt offering across Germany

BlueBay targets €5 billion for European direct lending strategy
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

Muzinich surpasses target with €706 million pan-European debt fund
Muzinich & Co has held a final close for its Muzinich Pan-European Private Debt Fund at €706.25 million, surpassing its initial €500 million target 

Majority of investors seek to increase private credit allocations, BlackRock survey reveals
Over half of investors plan to increase their allocation to private credit in 2019, according to an institutional client rebalancing report published by BlackRock