Dispersion begets dispersion in mixed bag of fund returns
Idiosyncratic risks are set to rise in credit, with fund managers becoming occupied with tail risks, and that has been seen in a scattered set of March hedge fund returns

Pemberton hires Allianz GI official to lead new Munich office
Pemberton has opened its second German office in Munich and has appointed a former Allianz Global Investors official to lead 

US pension seeks private debt managers for up to $600 million allocations
Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System is seeking multi-strategy private debt managers for its 2022 allocations

17Capital raises '‘largest debut private credit fund' since 2009
17Capital has closed what it claims is the ‘largest debut private credit fund raised globally since 2009’ as its inaugural NAV lending private credit fund hit its €2.6 billion hard cap. The fund's carried interest is also tied to a charity pledge

Alantra hires two senior officials to private debt team
Alantra has hired two senior officials to its private debt team from BeSpoke and Seaport 

Credit funds at a glance (April 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit  

"Strong growth is not necessary for good loan or bond performance, but it keeps a recession at bay"
The picture in credit was looking good (even with inflation rising) until Russia invaded Ukraine

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds

Boston has more than a feeling for private credit as pension issues RFP
Boston Retirement System is seeking private credit managers to manage around $60 million

Portfolio manager leaves Hayfin after one year
A London-based official in Hayfin Capital Management's private credit team has left the firm 

Pemberton adds to credit build out with NAV financing hire
Pemberton Asset Management has confirmed an appointment to lead a new net asset value financing strategy in what marks the firm’s third new business line in five months

Carlyle hits $4.6 billion hard cap on second global credit opps fund
With leverage, Carlyle Credit Opportunities Fund II has around $6 billion of capital to deploy

Federated Hermes hires official with restructuring experience to direct lending team
Federated Hermes says it has hired Christoph Lausecker as a director in its private debt team

Crestline collects $3.6 billion across three private credit fund closes
The Fort Worth, Texas-based manager has closed its fourth opportunistic credit fund, third direct lending fund and second portfolio financing fund

LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate

Spac pricing hints at Sound Point's growth ambitions in loan market
Sound Point Acquisition Corp has priced a $225 million IPO, signalling that credit asset manager Sound Point Capital Management is looking to expand its platform

Credit funds at a glance (March 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

"Rules require 5% risk retention, but for first loss CRS that is not enough"
PGGM's Mascha Canio takes our credit quiz 

AlbaCore launches carbon conscious investing credit strategy
The firm claims it is the "first European private market solution to provide line-by-line greenhouse gas reporting for a corporate credit portfolio"

PGIM raises $2.4 billion for inaugural direct lending fund
PGIM Private Capital held a final close on its inaugural direct lending fund, PGIM Senior Loan Opportunities I

Man names co-heads for new SRT business
Man Group has appointed two Elanus Capital officials as co-heads of its new credit risk sharing strategy, which will sit in its $3.5 billion private market business

Pemberton adds managing director in London
Pemberton has appointed a London-based managing director in its credit team

Infrastructure manager targets €1 billion for eclectic mix of project finance debt and SRTs
A Copenhagen-based firm is launching its first credit fund and has partnered with an SRT specialist in London for a component of its potential €1 billion offering