Oak Hill promotes three to partner
Oak Hill Advisors has promoted three managing directors to the position of partner, according to market sources

Searchlight hires former head of opportunistic European credit at Apollo
Apollo Global Management's former head of European opportunistic credit Ralf Ackermann has been hired as partner at private investment firm Searchlight Capital Partners

Bain swoops for another portfolio in Italy
Bain Capital Credit has acquired yet another portfolio of assets from a European bank

EQT raises €1.3 billion for its latest credit opps fund
EQT has rounded out 2017 with a final close on its private credit fund at €1.3 billion

Eyck founding partner moves to London investment manager
A founding partner at Eyck Capital Manager, London-based Luca Moro, has resurfaced at investment manager Numen Capital

BlueBay joins credit interval fund rush
London-based manager could be first to launch interval fund based on mainly non-US credit

Manager raises $120 million for European credit opps fund to launch in Q4
A London-based alternative asset manager is set to launch a credit fund with a specialty finance focus and a target size of $750 milion

Crestline raises $1.3 billion for its latest credit strategy
Crestline Investors has closed its third credit opportunity fund, according to a press release. The firm states that Opportunity Fund III and related managed accounts secured over $1.34 billion of capital commitments

New European credit firm hires investor relations head from CQS after strong start
A recently-launched fund manager has hired from CQS after raising roughly €100 million for its debut credit opps fund

Bain takes new route to NPL acquisitions as it strikes deal with Liberbank
Bain, Oceanwood and Liberbank are taking part in an unusual NPL deal referencing €602 million of assets

Goldman Sachs hires seasoned distressed debt specialist in London
Distressed debt specialist leaves Deutsche Bank after seven years

Fund managers refocus sights on Italy in pursuit of NPL portfolios
Distressed debt specialists are shifting their attentions from one part of southern Europe to another, according to market sources

Local Pensions Partnership looks to go direct with £1.3 billion credit fund
The Local Pensions Partnership (LPP), which runs the pension schemes of two separate UK local government areas, has announced the launch of a £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) credit fund

London-based Signal raises €725 million for credit and real estate funds
London-based private asset management firm Signal Capital Partners has raised €725 million with an investment strategy targeting credit and real estate special situations

Insurance-affiliated manager hires from Pemberton for direct lending push
An asset manager with access to insurance company capital has hired the former UK & Ireland head of origination from Pemberton Asset Management

Davidson Kempner raises $1.75 billion for distressed debt fund
Davidson Kempner has raised $1.75 billion for a new fund focused on distressed investments, Creditflux has learned

CVC Credit appoints chairman as credit CIO steps down
CVC Credit Partners has today announced that Stephen Hickey will be leaving the firm for personal reasons. Joining the firm will be former JP Morgan leveraged finance head Hamish Buckland

Willis Towers Watson blends rare mix of assets for credit fund of funds
New commitments take fund size to $1.8 billion

New York pension gets behind CLO manager's risk retention vehicle
The New York State Common Retirement Fund invested $450m in two credit funds in July, documents seen by Creditflux reveal

Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns

US pension fund agrees $200 million investment in new GSO distressed fund
GSO Capital Partners has got off to a strong start as it markets a new distressed debt fund. There are signs that the multi-billion offering is being sold in South Korea

Bain buys Italian loan book to make it 17 NPL portfolio acquisitions
Bain Capital Credit’s European team has now invested over €2.2 billion in non-performing loan portfolio acquisitions since 2011

Time-saving hedge fund platforms stop opportunities evaporating
Lengthy commitment periods and drawn-out negotiations between institutional investors and fund managers could be a thing of the past thanks to a wave of multi-manager hedge fund platforms

Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

Fund platform AMX eyeballs credit funds
Willis Towers Watson’s hedge fund platform has grown to $1.5 billion – and there is space for credit managers