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. 

French pension hunts for ESG service providers
Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) is set to boost its environmental, social and governance plans with a newly launched responsible investment strategy  

Pemberton bolsters UK and Ireland origination team with HSBC hire
The mid-market direct lender has added to its origination team in London 

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

Creditflux and Debtwire unveil second European Direct Lending Perspectives report
Creditflux and its Acuris stablemate Debtwire have joined forces to produce their second European Direct Lending Perspectives, a report that sheds light on the biggest trends from Q1

London pension outlines private debt commitments
Barnet Pension Fund has earmarked £30 million for commitments to Partners Group Multi Asset Credit 2019

Alcentra reaches €5.5 billion close for European direct lending fund
Alcentra says that it has raised €5.5 billion for its latest European direct lending strategy

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

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  

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.

EIB and Amundi form green partnership for high yield, private debt and securitisations
Amundi and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have teamed-up to launch Green Credit Continuum (Greco) programme with the aim of raising €1 billion over the next three years for green credit initiatives

ICG looks to expand in Germany with senior hire in Frankfurt
ICG has hired an official to build out its origination capabilities with the remit spanning subordinated debt and equity

Eiffel launches private debt impact fund
Eiffel Investment Group has launched what it describes as the first private debt fund of its kind

Santander issues SRT referencing Spanish SME loans
Banco Santander has issued a significant risk transfer referencing a €3 billion portfolio of loans

Ireland looks to tweak fund regulation in private debt push
Ireland has proposed several technical amendments to its regulated Irish Limited Partnership (ILP) as it tries to regain ground lost to Luxembourg.

Deal flow access a factor in BlueBay’s private debt spin-out
Fresh details have emerged concerning the sudden spin-out of BlueBay Asset Management’s private debt unit, which was announced on 5 June. 

Direct lenders pin hopes on ESG as risk management tool
Strategies geared towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) may have originally been popularised at the behest of pension funds seeking responsible investments, but there are growing hopes that incorporating ESG will help fund managers outperform in a downturn.

Investment platform set to launch debut direct lending offering
A platform providing individuals with access to private market funds, is set to launch its first private debt offering imminently, according to market sources  

Italian pension seeks private debt access
Fondo pensione Telemaco has launched a request for proposal, seeking a private debt manager for a €50 million portfolio

Beechbrook earns backing from fund-of-funds operator as it launches Irish SME strategy
Lower-mid market lender Beechbrook Capital has held a €35 million first close on its new Irish-focused private credit strategy

Certior holds €100 million close on European fund of direct lending funds
Certior Credit Opportunities Fund II will focus on the European direct lending space - investing both in SME direct lending funds and investing directly into loans