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

Capital Four closes €1.5bn direct lending fund 'more than 90%' deployed and launches successor
Capital Four had collected €1.5 billion on a final close of its third senior private debt fund, Capital Four Private Debt III – Senior, exceeding its initial €1 billion target

TA raises $1.1 billion for fifth debt fund with expanded mandate
TA Associates has closed its TA Debt Fund V with more than $1.1 billion in capital commitments and has expanded its investment mandate across the capital stack

Nomura readies multi-strat credit interval fund launch
Nomura Private Capital is readying the launch of a new, closed-ended interval fund which will invest across the credit spectrum - including bonds, loans, CLOs, distressed debt emerging market debt

LGT to expand its impact investing framework into private debt
LGT Capital Partners is seeking to expand its private debt offering with a new impact focused fund named Crown Impact Private Debt

Michigan pension pledges over $1 billion to three US credit managers
Michigan Retirement System has pledged just over $1 billion to three credit managers

Ninety One holds first close on first private debt fund targeting sponsorless loans
Ninety One has made a breakthrough in its bid to build out a European private credit offering by holding a first close on a fund that will lend to sponsorless borrowers in Europe

Anchorage holds first close on credit opportunities fund
Anchorage Capital has held a first close on its latest credit opportunities fund, Anchorage Credit Opportunities Fund VIII

Arcmont raises €800 million for first capital solutions offering
Arcmont Asset Management has raised €800 million for its first capital solutions fund (including associated vehicles)

Fidelity Investments prepares inaugural BDC
Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch its inaugural private credit business development company, Fidelity Private Credit Fund

Oaktree launches global high yield Ucits fund with low-carbon emissions focus
Oaktree has launched a global high yield responsible Ucits fund, which it says will offer investors the “opportunity to gain exposure to the asset class while promoting progress toward a low-carbon economy.”

Ironshield hires Palm Lane official to co-lead new European long-short fund
Ironshield Capital says it has launched a new European high yield long/short Ucits compliant fund and has hired a former Pamplona and Palm Lane official to co-lead the strategy

Hamilton Lane wraps up private credit fund above $900 million target
It comes after Hamilton Lane's Q1 2023 earnings call on 2 August with the firm's head of investment solutions Brian Gildea saying the firm held “multiple closes that totalled over $573 million of LP commitments" with "total amount raised to over $890 million"

Mandatum launches open-ended European leveraged loan fund
Sampo Group and Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company have provided seed capital to the Article 9-aligned vehicle and will additionally co-invest alongside the sub-fund in underlying loans and bonds