Angelo Gordon wraps up fundraising for $1.3 billion credit dislocation fund
AG CSF2A (Annex) Dislocation Fund is an extension of the AG Credit Solutions Fund II, which held a $3.1 billion final close in April last year.

LP round up: securitised credit mandate terminated amid $5 billion allocations and expanding relationships
Institutional investors revealed nearly $5 billion of allocations to 31 credit managers across January and February board meetings, according to materials seen by Creditflux. However, there were also two fixed income manager terminations, and one multi-strategy account placed on a watchlist

Oaktree targets $10 billion for LBO financing strategy
The launch of the firm's large-cap sponsor-backed private credit strategy follows banks retreating from the LBO space and a more compelling risk-adjusted return than other sectors in the market

Crescent amasses $8 billion investable capital for eighth credit solutions fund
The fund had an original $4 billion target, according to Debtwire Funds Data

Amundi aims for €600m for new senior mortgage fund
Amundi is launching Amundi Commercial Real Estate Loans II, a European senior mortgage fund

Bain launches non-traded BDC
Bain Capital Credit says it has launched a non-traded business development company known as Bain Capital Private Credit, or BCPC

Pemberton raises $1bn for rare working capital finance strategy
Pemberton says it has raised $1 billion for its working capital finance strategy, in what it believes makes Pemberton one of the first asset managers to offer such a short-term credit strategy to institutional investors

Nuveen and Churchill launch private BDC with initial $350 million portfolio
The Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund will primarily invest in middle market senior loans and junior capital. The BDC can also allocate to private equity co-investments

Flat Rock confirms launch of CLO interval fund
Flat Rock Global announced today the launch a new interval fund, Flat Rock Enhanced Income Fund, which will invest in junior debt tranches of CLOs

P&G launches leveraged European CLO fund Zoo5
P&G is looking to achieve double-digit returns through a new fund focused on European CLO triple A tranches, named Zoo5

Brigade teams up with UBP for long-short credit Ucits fund
The fund will pursue a long/short credit strategy that combines "fundamental credit selection with structured credit"

Credit funds at a glance (February 2023)
A round up of people moves and fundraising

All Seas closes inaugural mid-market fund at $400 million
All Seas Capital, the European mid-market lender founded by ex-KKR executives Marc Ciancimino and Cristobal Cuart,  has held a $400 million final close on its inaugural fund

Horizon Kinetics plots fund conversion into CLO ETF
Horizon Kinetics has sought to reorganise its Kinetics Multi-Disciplinary Income Fund into a triple A CLO-focused exchange traded fund,

BC Credit targets $1.25 billion for third opportunistic credit fund
BC Partners Credit plans to deploy half the fund in private lending and structured equity opportunities and the other half in specialty lending and dislocated liquid credit deals

ICG holds first close on US private credit fund
In total, ICG says it brought it $2.8 billion for its private credit strategies in the quarter

Panagram launches ETF for junior CLO debt
Panagram Structured Asset Management has gone live with its first exchange-traded fund in a strategy that will target primarily CLO triple B and double B debt.

Fund manager closes in on CLO ETF for mezz and junior debt
A large CLO investment firm is close to launching an exchange-traded fund, which invests in junior and mezzanine CLO tranches, 

Audax raises $3 billion for unitranche direct lending fund
With leverage, the fund has around $4.5 billion total investable capital

GSAM raises $15.2 billion mezzanine debt fund
With leverage, West Street Mezzanine Partners VIII will have a whopping $15.2 billion capital available to deploy into the junior strategy.

Wealth manager launches evergreen private debt fund
Cresset Partners has unveiled what it describes as an evergreen fund in Cresset Partners Private Debt Fund, a US middle-market credit strategy that lends to companies with $10-100 million ebitda

Muzinich holds final close on €800 million European private debt fund
Muzinich & Co says it has held a final close of Muzinich Pan-European Private Debt Fund II at €800 million

Alpha Dhabi taps Apollo Mubadala partnership with $2.5 billion private credit JV
The group will leverage Mubadala's relationship with Apollo Global Management to access "high quality private credit investment opportunities" 

Churchill closes $737 million junior debt fund with small rated note
Churchill Asset Management closed its second junior debt fund, Churchill Junior Capital Opportunities Fund II, which includes a $65 million rated note to meet the needs of insurance company investors

Tikehau launches inaugural $300m CFO
Tikehau Capital says it has closed its inaugural collateralised fund obligation, joining the likes of Churchill Asset Management and Nassau Corporate Credit who have launched such structures this year.