Franklin Templeton open to further acquisitions
Franklin Templeton lacks scale only in infrastructure, on debt and equity sides; looking to balance proportion of US assets, interested in European and Asian expansion

KKR looks to scale multi-asset credit solutions as credit AUM grows
KKR’s credit AUM has grown by 50% since 2021, the firm revealed in a presentation by Christopher Sheldon, the firm’s global co-head of credit and markets

Private credit funds find their own version of a CLO reset
The private credit secondaries market has seen a rush of activity in recent years, driven by general partner-led deals. These private credit general partners can recruit private credit secondaries investors to essentially reset the clock on an older vintage fund and present an early exit option for limited partners in the existing fund

Credit funds at a glance – September 2026
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Credit hedge funds – September 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

UBS O’Connor execs launch new private credit shop
EXCLUSIVE: Rodrigo Trelles and Baxter Wasson have launched RiverBay Capital after leaving the former private credit division of UBS last year, sources tell Creditflux

American firms target European private credit expansion in lower mid-market
US-based managers seek to capitalise on growing demand for European credit

Pemberton co-founder says M&A will drive European growth over the next decade
PODCAST: Symon Drake-Brockman, co-founder and managing partner at Pemberton Asset Management, tells Lisa Lee on the latest epiosde of Credit Exchange that the speed of the corporate market can contribute to creating highly competitive businesses which look more like the US

CVC hires TPG's Sisitsky as future co-CEO as Rob Lucas plans to step back
CVC’s CEO Rob Lucas will step back from his role, to be replaced with former TPG president Todd Sisitsky and current CVC President Peter Rutland as co-CEOs, according to a company announcement

Oak Hill Advisors’ CIO says private credit shops could end up owning more companies than in the past
PODCAST: The impacts of ongoing AI dislocation and over-levered deals mean private credit managers could end up owning more companies than they have traditionally done, predicts Alan Schrager on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee

Ares co-head of US direct lending says there is real dispersion for the first time in years
PODCAST: Speaking with Lisa Lee on the latest episode of Credit Exchange, Kort Schnabel notes that dispersion among direct lenders is manifesting in a few different ways

Banks, managers add staff for private credit syndication
Banks see private credit syndication as a way to reclaim fees as more borrowers tap both private credit and broadly syndicated loan markets, Mission Staffing managing director Eric Vaheb told Creditflux

North American private credit fundraising tumbles, ceding ground to global strategies—S&P Global
While fundraising boomed for European and multi-region private credit strategies, private credit focused on North America dropped 13% year-over-year

Foreign currency movements erase credit net returns at CPP Investments
Net returns across private and public credit fell to 3.7% in fiscal 2026 from 14.4% in 2025, the Canadian institutional investor reported

Neuberger’s CIO says to focus on real interest rates
PODCAST: The rise in real yields because of government deficit spending, alongside ongoing huge demands for AI investment, are underpinning the rise in interest rates, says Ashok Bhatia, chief investment officer at Neuberger, on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee

Up and at ’em, even in August
What August slowdown? Even as the summer sun beats down, credit market participants have been busy dealing with a pickup in volatility. The main culprit? Artificial intelligence. Questions are flaring about its near-term profitability amid a mind-boggling capex arms race. So this month, we feature a dive into data centre financing, where credit spreads are widening but issuers are still borrowing

‘Private credit is in a Darwinian moment and returns are lower’
Private credit is having a “Darwinian moment”, says Golub Capital co-CEO David Golub, with the private credit veteran predicting the once-hot alternative asset class is about to experience a temporary period of lower returns and lower capital inflows, leading to fewer — but larger — firms

Fund performance – August 2026
Most categories average flat returns in middling June

Credit hedge funds – August 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

Coller’s head of credit says volatility benefits secondaries market growth
PODCAST: Volatility is "a very good thing" for private credit secondaries, says Michael Schad, head of credit at Coller Capital, on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee

Carlyle enters fundraising ‘super cycle’, racking up USD 30bn in inflows for 1H
The alternative asset manager also expects to be back in market with its flagship credit opportunities fund

US SRT issuance volumes should increase in 2H – Crescent Capital
EXCLUSIVE: The firm projects 2026 global SRT issuance to hit USD 45bn after the first half of 2026 logged a record USD 18bn of issuance activity, Penny Tan, a senior director focused on bank capital solutions, told Creditflux

Blackstone, Wellington and Vanguard collaborate on all-in-one private market vehicles for wealth channel
The three asset managers have launched two products that will give individual investors exposure to a mix of private market assets within a single allocation

Dispersion is creating value in credit despite tight spreads – PIMCO
PODCAST: While index spreads remain tight, dispersion is quite elevated, which rewards those who do the credit work, says Lotfi Karoui, multi-asset credit strategist at fixed-income behemoth PIMCO, on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee

GoldenTree hits USD 2.75bn hard cap for sophomore private credit fund
The firm’s employees and partners committed USD 50m to the fund, the company announced