Ares launches direct lending fund for European wealth investors
The firm’s first ELTIF product will give individual investors access to its existing European direct lending strategy

Direct lenders ‘cruise,’ but watch for tariff impact
Private credit managers, investors of all types and service providers gathered in Nashville for DealCatalyst’s annual private credit conference

Coller Capital buys USD 1.6bn portfolio, claiming largest senior direct lending secondaries deal
The private markets secondaries specialist has acquired a senior direct lending portfolio from a multiline US insurer

Total fees paid to direct lending funds dip as yields fall —Cliffwater
Institutional investors in direct lending funds are paying fewer dollars in performance fees despite private credit managers refusing to lower fee rates

Lincoln Financial partners with Bain, Partners Group on private credit products for US wealth channel
Lincoln aims to launch the two new private credit products in late 2025

CVC blows past fundraising target on its European direct lending fund
The alternative investment manager has already increased the fundraising target once for the 2023 vintage fund  

Middle market private credit default climb significantly to 4.7% – Proskauer
The US direct lending market saw a big increase in middle market defaults in the fourth quarter of 2024

PIK use rises to 12% of sponsored direct lending deals - KBRA
Sponsor-backed companies using payment-in-kind for senior debt now account for 12% of the KBRA DLD Direct Lending Index, an increase of 1% from the last quarter

TPG Angelo Gordon raises nearly USD 2bn for private credit strategy
TPG Angelo Gordon has raised USD 1.82bn so far for its private credit fund called TPG AG Credit Solutions Fund III which is targeting USD 4.5bn in commitments
   

Blackstone reports 18% return from private credit over last 12 months
Blackstone's private credit and liquid credit returns outperform private equity investments in the last 12 months

Boston pension system selects new private credit manager
The Boston Retirement System has selected a new manager and made a commitment to its private debt strategy, according to recently released minutes

Golub hires from MetLife for new insurance solutions team
Golub Capital has launched a new insurance solutions team, as the firm continues its multi-year plan to build out its investor partners group

Texas pension system commits USD 100m to direct lending
The Texas County & District Retirement System recently allocated USD 100m to a direct lending fund at its 1 April meeting

Chicago pension system allocates USD 40m to private credit
The Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago approved two commitments to private credit totaling USD 40m at its 24 January meeting

Barings shrugs off team liftout with new private credit deal
Barings is putting up a fight in the private credit market despite the dramatic loss of 20 members, acting as lead agent on a new private credit deal

Apollo launches new BDC backed by Mubadala
Apollo has created a new private BDC that will invest money from Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company, in addition to other institutional investors.

APAC investors target private credit opportunities in Australia after quitting China
While Asia continues to play catch-up in global private credit, Australia and New Zealand are leading the charge in Asia Pacific — for both lenders and borrowers.

Direct lender and CLO manager expands into Japan
The US private credit and direct lending specialist has opened its first Japanese office, and hired a new senior VP to oversee the office

Funds round-up: Feb-2024 - managers turn to European wealth
European private credit managers turn to the wealthy in our roundup of notable fundraising in February 2024. 

Tikehau teams up with Singapore-based UOB-Kay Hian for Asian private credit fund
Paris-headquartered Tikehau Capital is the latest player to reveal plans to strengthen its footprint in the fast-growing Asian private credit market by way of a partnership with Singapore-based brokerage firm UOB-Kay Hian

Goldman Sachs and Mubadala strike USD 1bn private credit partnership
Goldman Sachs and Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company have struck a USD 1bn deal to co-invest in private credit opportunities throughout the APAC region

Wave of legal hires becomes a tsunami
In February alone legal heavyweights Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Fried Frank, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose and White & Case all announced the arrival of partners in the credit space

Golub secures USD 40m for credit fund from Texas-based pension system
Golub Capital continues to grow its direct lending platform with new commitments, with the New York-headquartered middle-market giant securing a commitment of USD 40m from the pension fund for its GEMS Fund 6

LBC names new deputy chief investment officer
LBC Credit Partners, a division of CIFC Asset Management, has promoted Homyar Choksi to deputy chief investment officer, as the Philadelphia-headquartered middle market asset manager continues to expand

Oaktree picks Morgan Stanley managing director for credit team
Oaktree Capital Management has hired Morgan Stanley's Loris Nazarian as managing director and assistant portfolio manager