Hamilton Lane holds $760 million final close for private credit fund
Hamilton Lane has held a $760 million final close for its latest global private credit fund, collecting slightly less capital than the manager’s predecessor fund. 

Job opportunity with First Eagle: loan trading
First Eagle Investment Management s looking to hire a loan trader in Boston

Churchill adds Twin Brook official to its Chicago office
Churchill Asset Management has appointed a former Twin Brook official to its capital markets and syndication team

Kayne Anderson targets direct lending and liquid credit mix for new fund
Kayne Anderson is looking to launch a closed-ended fund focused on direct lending, liquid credit and energy and infrastructure equity investments

Creditflux opens survey ahead of innaugural US direct lending report
Creditflux, along with its sister product Debtwire, is conducting its first ever survey of the US direct lending and private credit markets

NEPC flags caution on leveraged loans and private credit
Private credit does not provide enough returns for the risk, according to the advisor to institutional investors

Utah fund set to invest $45 million across Beach Point and Crestline funds
The Utah School & Institutional Trust Fund Office is set to make commitments to credit funds managed by Beach Point Capital Management and Crestline Investors

Guggenheim CLO syndicate co-head joins sports and media finance company
A Guggenheim Partners managing director has left the firm to join sports and entertainment financing provider 23 Capital

Barclays makes mid market CLO breakthrough with first transaction
Barclays has got its middle market CLO business off the ground

GSO adds $10 billion to inflows with direct lending, structured credit and energy
Blackstone grew its credit assets under management to $139.3 billion, up 13% on a year ago, according to the firm's second quarter earnings release

Investor requirements rather than performance is driving ESG push: Creditflux survey
Only 14% of respondents to Creditflux's global credit ESG survey said performance was the main reason they were adopting envoronmental, social and governance-themed strategies

UK pension pool to launch maiden private credit offering
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is launching its first private credit offering in early Q4, Creditflux has learned

PennantPark raises $750 million for direct lending and opportunistic credit
PennantPark Investment Advisers has raised $750 million across four vehicles, according to an announcement

Private debt boosts Partners' AUM
Partners Group has reached €17.2 billion in private debt assets for the first half of 2019, with private debt experiencing the highest net growth among all private markets, according to an AUM update from the manager today  

US pension fund to invest $490 million in private credit by 2023
Alameda County Employees Retirement Association has launched a private credit portfolio, with plans to invest up to $490 million and meet a target allocation of 4% by 2023  

UBS pushes into private credit as part of private markets expansion
UBS has launched a global private capital markets team, which includes a new emphasis on private credit

Carlyle targets upper mid-market credit for new $3.1 billion fund
Carlyle Group has raised $3.1 billion for the first fund in its credit opportunities series.

Atalaya hires experienced credit portfolio manager in New York
An experienced figure in distressed middle-market debt investing has landed at Atalaya and reunited with a former colleague  

Raven asset-based fund gets nod from San Joaquin pension for an extension
The San Joaquin County Employees’ Retirement Association approved an extension of its $50 million investment with Raven Asset Management to June 2020

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis and Golub reign supreme
June brought just three middle market CLOs pricings with two new issues and one refinancing that totalled $1.6 billion, bringing the year-to-date volume to $9.9 billion. Natixis is the leading arranger, having a hand in 38% of deals

North Leaf promotes two from its Chicago direct lending team
Northleaf Capital Partners has promoted two members of its US private credit team

Californian pension backs investment in BlueBay spin out
Ventura County Employees’ Retirement System has agreed to maintain investment in BlueBay’s private debt business following this being span out into a new entity, according to a board meeting document seen by Creditflux  

Upper mid-market yields value on price and leverage
Direct lenders are getting access to greater deal flow in the upper middle-market with private equity sponsors leaning towards private credit after a torrid end to last year in the broadly syndicated loan market.

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Arizona pension invests in shipping fund as it steps up private credit allocations
Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) has approved commitments to Northern Shipping Fund IV, according to transaction documents seen by Creditflux.