AlbaCore eyes reinvestment as it closes €2.4 billion private credit fund
AlbaCore Capital has held a final closed on a fund that specialises in private European credit investments

CVC secures €6.3 billion for third European direct lending strategy
CVC Credit has smashed past its €2 billion target and closed its third European direct lending strategy, CVC Credit Partners European Direct Lending Fund III, at €6.3 billion. That figure includes parallel investment vehicles and managed accounts. 

San Bernardino pension commits $50 million to CLO fund as part of multi-credit strategic partnership
San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association allocated $50 million to a CLO equity fund, as part of a roughly $240 million multi-credit strategic partnership with the manager

Euro CLO manager closes second captive equity strategy at €228 million
An experienced European CLO manager is taking care of its CLO issuance for the next few years 

US manager becomes latest to register triple A CLO ETF
The manager joins the likes of BlackRock, PineBridge and VanEck, Janus Henderson and AXS to use exchange traded funds to invest in CLO tranches

Pictet hires private credit heads for France and Dach as it plots 2023 fund launch
Pictet Asset Management has expanded its new private credit team with several hires, including heads of private debt for France and Germany.

BlackRock launches impact bond fund
BlackRock has launched a fixed income fund focused on green, social, and sustainable bonds as well as ‘impact’ MBS and municipal investments

Manager targets €300 million for structured credit fund with CLO/CSO mix
The fund will invest primarily in European CLO equity 

Golding collects €75 million on first close of inaugural private credit co-investment fund
Golding Private Debt Co-Investment 2021 has a €200 million target and plans to hold a final close in the second half of 2023

Beechbrook holds £170 million second close on direct lending fund
Beechbrook Capital has held a £170 million second close on its third UK lower mid-market direct lending strategy

Texas pension allocates $75 million to CLO fund
Texas County District & Retirement System has allocated to its third CLO fund in three years 

Calpers allocates $2.75 billion to two credit managers
US pension heavyweight California Public Employees Retirement System earmarked $3 billion to credit funds in the third quarter of 2022, according to recent board materials 

Brookfield/Oaktree targets "larger" than $16 billion for next opportunistic credit fund
Brookfield Asset Management held a $2.8 billion first close on its third infrastructure debt fund and has started fundraising for its next vintage of our opportunistic credit flagship fund, alongside affiliate Oaktree, according to the firm's Q3 earnings call

Manager raises $150 million for first solo captive CLO equity fund
The US manager is on the road fundraising for its third ever captive equity CLO fund, but first under its new branding,

Ardian closes €5 billion European direct lending fund
Ardian has closed its fifth mid-market European direct lending strategy with €5 billion capital commitments, exceeding its €4 billion target

Angel Oak launches second structured credit ETF in a month
Angel Oak Capital has launched it second structured credit exchange traded fund in a month

HighVista holds final close of second private credit fund at $450 million
HighVista Strategies has announced the final close of a second private credit fund

Catalio raises healthcare-focused private credit fund
Catalio Capital Management has launched its first ever special situations credit fund with which intending to provide financing to healthcare companies

Castlelake secures $782 million for credit fund
Castlelake Income Opportunities II will invest in areas including European commercial real estate, transitional bridge lending in North America, specialty finance and secured aviation related lending

LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
US institutional investors allocated over $2.5 billion to 20 credit managers in October, according to documents seen by Creditflux. Two credit fund managers however were terminated in the month

Nuveen raises $150 million to invest further in CLOs
Nuveen is expanding its CLO product suite with the launch of a new CLO opportunities fund, according to recent regulatory filings

Flat Rock eyes double Bs for CLO interval fund launch
Flat Rock Global is expanding its CLO fund roster and eyeing double B-rated tranches of US middle market CLOs as part of a new interval fund, according to market sources.

Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Silver Point targets $4 billion for third specialty credit fund
The Greenwich, Connecticut-headquartered manager invests across several areas of lending including secondary market loans, hung syndications, rescue finance, and hard asset lending opportunities during periods of dislocation

Angel Oak launches inaugural structured credit ETF
Angel Oak Capital Advisors has launched its first exchange traded fund, Angel Oak UltraShort Income Fund ETF