Thoma Bravo closes software and tech credit fund with $3.3 billion to deploy
SEC filings reveal the vehicle had an original $1 billion target 

Nuveen closes first CLO equity fund at $375 million
Nuveen has closed its inaugural CLO equity fund with over $375 million in capital committed

US CLO manager closes oversubscribed captive equity fund
Post Advisory Group has closed a CLO equity fund after raising $146 million against its target of $120 million

Accunia eyes secondary CLO equity through new fund
Accunia Credit Management has raised a new CLO fund

Debut CLO manager Barrow Hanley closes captive fund with 'at least three' deals earmarked this year
Barrow Hanley has closed its inaugural CLO equity fund, Barrow Hanley CLO Fund I, with the vehicle aimed at providing equity in ‘at least three’ Barrow Hanley CLOs this year

Western unveils Article 8 global corporate bond fund targeting carbon reduction
Western Asset has launched a sustainable global corporate bond fund Western Asset Sustainable Global Corporate Bond Fund, which it says will give investors access to a portfolio targeting carbon reduction

Crestline collects $3.6 billion across three private credit fund closes
The Fort Worth, Texas-based manager has closed its fourth opportunistic credit fund, third direct lending fund and second portfolio financing fund

Experienced structured credit official raises $250 million to lend to VC-backed companies
Peter Thiel-backed investment management firm Tacora Capital has closed its inaugural fund at $250 million

StepStone scores AAA rating for listed bond linked to US direct lending portfolio
StepStone Group has sponsored a $102.5 million securitisation of US direct lending loans that is listed on Mexico’s BIVA Stock Exchange in what it claims is the first transaction of its kind in Mexico

UBP targets sovereign local-currency bonds with Article 8 strategy
Union Bancaire Privée has launched an ESG sovereign local-currency debt strategy, which meets the requirements of Article 8 of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate

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

US CLO fund wins $16 million from San Jose pension
The $5 billion pension awarded the allocation to a manager's fourth US CLO fund, having previously allocated to its second and third fund 

AlbaCore launches carbon conscious investing credit strategy
The firm claims it is the "first European private market solution to provide line-by-line greenhouse gas reporting for a corporate credit portfolio"

State Street and Blackstone target US CLOs, high yield and senior loans for ETF
State Street Global Advisors has teamed up with Blackstone Credit to launch a new exchange traded fund named SPDR Blackstone High Income ETF

Crescent raises $6 billion for US direct lending strategy
Crescent Capital Group has closed its third US direct lending fund, Crescent Direct Lending Fund III, with $6 billion of investable capital 

PGIM raises $2.4 billion for inaugural direct lending fund
PGIM Private Capital held a final close on its inaugural direct lending fund, PGIM Senior Loan Opportunities I

LP round up: two CLO funds win support as Cali pensions home in on private credit
Two investors revealed allocations to European and US CLO funds, private credit allocations increases and private credit consultant searches get underway

Infrastructure manager targets €1 billion for eclectic mix of project finance debt and SRTs
A Copenhagen-based firm is launching its first credit fund and has partnered with an SRT specialist in London for a component of its potential €1 billion offering  

Coller closes $1.4 billion private credit secondaries fund
Coller has nearly doubled the target size of its inaugural private credit secondaries fund, Coller Credit Opportunities I

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

Oaktree closes $3 billion real estate debt fund with 55% deployment
Oaktree Capital Management held a roughly $3 billion final close on its third global real estate debt strategy, Real Estate Debt Fund III

Post Road stamps final close on $300 million opportunistic credit fund
Post Road Group has held a final close on its latest middle-market corporate , Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II, at ‘more than $300 million’

Castlelake climbs to $1.6 billion final close on fourth aviation fund
The Minneapolis-based firm says it has deployed just over half of the $1.6 billion fund, which invests in “high quality, younger mid-life aircraft and related aviation assets”

Robeco adds Asia fixed income head and builds team ahead of strategy launch
Robeco has made a senior hire with a focus on credit and sustainability as it moves staff from Rotterdam in preparation to launch a new fixed income strategy