Mid-market stars line up to headline Private Credit conference
The second Creditflux Private Credit conference on 21 June in New York will start with a panel comprising some of the biggest names in the US mid-market lending business.

NXT claims that 10 new investors allocated to its latest mid-market CLO
Middle-market lender NXT Capital has given an insight into the number of investors now active in the mid-market CLO space by claiming that 10 of the investors in its latest deal – NXT Capital CLO 2017-1 – were new to its CLO platform

Constitution Capital continues credit expansion with two new hires
Constitution Capital Partners has announced two new hires to its fledgling private credit team

Twin Brook announces hire of new capital markets head
Twin Brook Capital Partners has announced that it has hired Garrett Ryan as partner and head of capital markets, effective immediately

Fundraising round takes Alcentra’s direct lending firepower to €5.7 billion
Alcentra has announced that it has closed its second European direct lending fund-raising, with commitments of €4.3 billion

Former Antares veteran takes advisory roles at Churchill and THL Credit
Middle-market credit veteran Kevin Burke has taken advisory roles at two management firms after retiring from Antares Capital in December

US Capital Partners announces senior direct lending hire
Direct lender US Capital Partners has announced the hire of Richard Byrd to its San Francisco office

Investors to learn how direct lenders are fending off the bank squeeze
Investors in the burgeoning European direct lending space will gain insights into important trends in mid market lending at next week's Creditflux Direct Lending conference

Beechbrook raises £150 million lending fund and plans new Manchester office
Beechbrook has held a final close on its UK direct lending fund at £150 million ($190 million), according to an announcement today. The London-based firm is also opening an office in the north west of England

Constitution Capital announces expansion into mid-market credit
Boston-headquartered private equity firm Constitution Capital Partners has announced the launch of a new credit business.

Guggenheim grows direct lending business to $4.7 billion in 2016
Guggenheim Investments originated a total of $4.7 billion globally in its direct lending business in 2016

Credit Suisse signs $3 billion direct lending JV with UK pension giant
Credit Suisse has signed a partnership with Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), one of the UK’s largest pension funds, to provide financing to direct lending fund managers

HIG announces senior direct lending hire in London
HIG Capital has announced that it has hired direct lending specialist Ken Borton to its London office

Beechbrook promotes three and starts to invest capital from its new fund
London-based Breechbrook Capital has promoted three officials to partner, according to an announcement today

KKR puts together new Indian private credit fund
Media reports indicate that KKR has raised $160 million for a private credit fund to invest in India

US healthcare lender launches one of the market's largest funds
CRG, an asset manager which lends to companies operating in the healthcare sector, has raised $1.25 billion from investors for its latest fund.

Manager targets shipping finance after cruising to new $505 million fund
Northern Fund Management America (also known as Northern Shipping) has raised $505 million for a new fund which will lend to the shipping and offshore oil service sectors