Hamilton Lane launches evergreen senior credit opportunities fund
Hamilton Lane has launched an open-ended senior credit opportunities fund, named Hamilton Lane Senior Credit Opportunities Fund

Pimco targets up to $5 billion for flexible credit fund
The fund will invest across capital solutions, distressed and stressed opportunities, and idiosyncratic positions

Investment manager launches to finance non-sponsored mid market
A new alternative manager launched Monday with a focus on debt and equity investments in non-sponsored, lower middle market businesses in North America

KKR and Mubadala form $1 billion Asian private credit partnership
KKR and Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala have formed a $1 billion ‘strategic partnership’ to co-invest across performing Asia private credit

Pemberton launches second senior loans fund
Pemberton Asset Management is launching a successor European senior loans fund, having registered Pemberton Senior Loans GP II with Luxembourg regulators in October

Sona rolls out event-driven and bespoke financing fund to US investors
Sona Asset Management is courting investors in the US for its second capital solutions strategy, having filed an offering of the fund with the Securities & Exchange Commission

Blackstone collects $4 billion on inaugural private credit green energy fund first close
Investors are big fans of Blackstone's new private credit green energy strategy, which focuses on renewables and energy transition 

BNP Paribas and LFIS join forces on QIS fund
BNP Paribas’ quantitative investment strategies unit has partnered with LFIS Capital for a market neutral fund

Axa IM and InPact close €395m global revolving credit facility fund
AXA Investment Managers and InPact Partners have closed their second vintage revolving credit facilities fund, RCF II, with over €395 million in capital commitments

Aeon prepares for series of UK CRE CLOs after signing £900m warehouse
Aeon Investments has closed a £900 million (€1,025 million) CRE CLO warehouse, which it says is backed by three loans

Fidelity Investments eyes CLOs as part of multi-strategy credit fund
Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch a new multi-strategy credit fund, which will “opportunistically rotate across the entire credit spectrum”

Infra specialist makes first SRT investment
An affiliate of Nuveen says it has invested in an SRT for the first time

Churchill raises $12 billion for senior lending strategy
The total includes closes of Churchill's levered, unlevered funds and separately managed accounts

GreensLedge AM targets IG-rated CLO tranches with $500m fund
GreensLedge Asset Management has made a breakthrough with its first commingled CLO fund through a $500 million vehicle that invests in senior CLO tranches

DWS hires regional heads for direct lending business
DWS Group has unveiled two senior appointments to it European direct lending team

Nassau launches CFO backed by fund LP interests
Nassau Alternative Investments has launched its second collateralised fund obligation

Investors urged to look at CLO funds amid PE slowdown
Institutional investors are said to be eyeing CLOs and structured credit as they seek to calibrate duration risk and prepare for recession. In addition, year-to-date performance in private equity portfolios isn’t meeting pension funds’ tough returns targets

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

   

Boutique London asset manager launches open-ended direct lending fund
Stafford Capital Partners has launched an open-ended direct lending and speciality finance fund

Franklin Templeton and Benefit Street launch credit interval fund
The pair have launched a multi-strategy credit interval fund named Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund, which will invest across US private credit

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

US manager prepares fifth CLO opportunity fund
Sources say the fund will invest across all parts of the CLO capital structure, plus CLO warehouses. 

Glennmont raises €250m for renewable energy credit fund
Glennmont Partners has raised €250 million for a fund that will invest in renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure

GoldenTree hits $3bn hard cap on distressed debt fund
GoldenTree Asset Management says it has closed its latest distressed debt fund, Distressed Fund IV, at its $3 billion hard cap

Large CLO investor becomes latest to launch triple-A focused CLO ETF
A large US manager joins the likes of Alternative Access, Janus Henderson and PineBridge/VanEck, that have launched CLO exchange traded funds since 2020