French asset manager launches impact credit fund for European SMEs
 A Paris-headquartered alternative asset manager held the first close of its SME-focused direct lending fund at EUR 200m

Nordic private credit fund raises EUR 500m
Ture Invest Partners has held the final close of the third vintage of its private credit fund having reached its target at roughly EUR 500m

New direct lending business formed after management buyout
503 Capital Partners, a new direct lending business, has been formed as part of a management buyout of Tortoise Capital Advisor's private credit arm

LevFin fighting back to counter two years of direct lending dominance | DebtDynamics EMEA
Traditional lenders are battling to retake control of LBO funding from direct lenders, and syndicated leveraged loans appear to have the edge

First private credit LTAF is approved
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority greenlighted a joint venture this week, representing the first long-term asset fund offered by a private debt specialist

European credit specialist Sona raises USD 800m, exceeds expectations
European credit specialist Sona Asset Management held a final close of its Capital Solutions II fund

Ture receives EUR 30m commitment for Nordic private credit fund
Swedish direct lender Ture Invest Partners continues to raise funds for the third vintage of its private credit fund — called Ture Credit Fund III

PGIM Private Capital launches ELTIF
PGIM Private Capital rolled out its first European long-term investment fund as managers continue to adopt the new fund structure

Corinthia eyes mid-June start
Corinthia Global Management, the start-up firm that’s shaking up the USD 1.7trn private credit space, is laying the foundations for mid-June market entrance

Boutique London manager holds first close on direct lending fund
London-based alternative investment manager Prefequity revealed the first close of its Prefequity Credit Opportunities II fund 

Fidelity U-turns on European direct lending strategy as it ditches origination in favour of third-party partnerships
Fidelity International is cutting its direct lending division in Europe, and will instead partner with third parties to offer private credit solutions going forward

Swedish manager raises EUR 1.7bn for private credit fund
A Stockholm-based private credit specialist has closed a fund targeting non-sponsored loans to mid-sized family-owned and growth businesses in Northern Europe

British bank and Irish asset manager team up
British Business Investments and DunPort Capital Management are the latest bank and asset management duo working together

Investec Bank launches private credit management team
London-headquartered Investec Bank is growing its direct lending platform with the launch of a new private credit management team

Funds round up: April 2024
Allocations to private credit and new fund launches continued to roll out in April, as our monthly round-up confirms

Private credit firms chase opportunities in asset based lending as US banks withdraw
Lending against assets is becoming the fastest growing part of private credit. The market is expected to grow from roughly USD 787bn in 2024 to more than USD 1.26trn in 2028, according to a report by Research and Markets, a data and statistics firm.

EU managers seeking retail investors roll out first ELTIF 2.0 credit funds
EU managers seeking retail investors roll out first ELTIF 2.0 credit funds

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Private credit is the regulatory fix that became an asset class
Institutional investors have pushed private credit to greater scale than either loans or bonds

Billion-dollar Adams Street CLO is private deal for single investor
New details have emerged of the unusual billion-dollar middle market “CLO” that Adams Street Partners closed last week

Allianz gears up to launch European credit impact investing fund
Allianz Global Investors filed regulatory documents in Luxembourg this week for a new impact investing fund, the latest in a string of similar strategies

DWS head of direct lending departs
Marcus Herbig, head of direct lending at DWS, has left the firm, according to people familiar with the matter

LGIM launches alternative investment fund
European asset manager Legal & General has launched a new private credit fund which will sit on a newly-created Reserved Alternative Investment Fund, or RAIF platform

Muzinich hires head of alternative credit solutions and strategy
Muzinich has hired Rehan Virani in the newly-created role of head of alternative credit solutions and strategy as the New York and London-headquartered credit specialist continues to expand its private credit and CLO strategies

Hayfin adds managing director in private credit from BlackRock
London-based Michaela Campbell and will be responsible for leading the private credit team’s portfolio monitoring and risk profile