Ironwood targets $500 million for mezz debt and equity fund
Ironwood Capital is targeting $500 million ($550 million hard cap) for its latest fund which will focus on subordinated debt and minority equity investments in lower middle market US companies

American Equity mandates $1 billion to Monroe for software and tech lending
American Equity Investment Life has awarded $1 billion to Monroe Capital for its technology lending platform focusing on middle market software, technology and recurring revenue

Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021

Arcmont raises €5 billion for upper-mid market strategy
Arcmont Asset Management has raised €5 billion for a direct lending fund that will target senior loans

Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Points up front: Definitely not an ex-parrot
One of the biggest credit fund launches last month was Arini, led by star credit trader Hamza Lemssouguer  

Points up front: HPS gives it 200%
One of the biggest fundraisers this year in credit is HPS Investment Partners. Its $11.7 billion Specialty Loan Fund V totals $15.4 billion including leverage

Ares joins CLO equity fundraising rush with $400 million target
Fundraising for CLO captive equity funds is surging, with Ares Management the latest manager to win capital for such a strategy

Muzinich secures "substantial equity commitment" for new CLO platform
Muzinich’s CLO ambitions – reported by Creditflux late on Wednesday – are being supported by equity capital, both internally and through investors

Real estate manager wins $50 million debt mandate from 'Hong Kong insurer'
Patrizia has secured a $50 million commitment from a Hong Kong insurer to invest in real estate debt

Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

Lazard targets IG, crossover and HY in long/short credit ucits fund
Lazard Asset Management has unveiled a new credit ucits fund that will invest primarily in investment grade, crossover and high yield bonds in Europe and North America

Eagle Point hits $300 million hard cap on BDC-lending fund
Eagle Point Credit Management says it has held a $300 million final close on its Defensive Income Fund, hitting its hard cap and exceeding its original $250 million target

New York pension favours credit as it pumps $1.1 billion into tech, loans and distressed
New York State Common Retirement Fund has splurged over $1 billion in credit, topping allocations it made in equities and real estate

UK pension readies £1.3 billion listed alternatives fund
The fund will provide liquid access to infrastructure, specialist real estate, private equity and alternative credit

Antares wins $500 million US direct lending mandate
The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario has invested $500 million in a US direct lending mandate with Antares Capital, as part of its push to nearly double its global credit assets under management by 2025

Certior holds first close on direct lending fund of funds
Certior Capital, the Helsinki-based private credit and alternative investment manager, has held a first close of a European direct lending fund of funds backed by Finnish, Benelux and Spanish institutions

LGIM launches European ESG bond fund
Legal & General Investment Management has become the latest manager to launch a European credit fund focused on environmental, social and governance criteria

Barrow Hanley makes first move in CLOs
Barrow Hanley Global Investors has unveiled plans to launch its first 'CLO fund' in the coming weeks, with suggestions that CLO issuance will follow 

Schroders holds second close on private credit fund of funds "driven by UK pension demand"
Schroders says a growing demand from UK pension funds for diversified private credit exposure has helped the firm hold an £85 million second close on its private credit fund of funds, Schroders Capital’s Multi Private Credit Fund

Ex-KKR US private credit head joins Sagard as it launches sponsorless credit fund
Sagard Credit Partners has launched a new senior loans fund and hired KKR's ex-head of US private credit to lead the charge

New Mountain closes US direct lending with $2 billion to deploy
New Mountain Capital has closed its latest US direct lending fund, New Mountain Guardian III BDC, at $1.15 billion

White Oak deploys 80% of new $1.3 billion non-sponsored direct lending fund
White Oak Global Advisors has closed its latest direct lending fund, White Oak Yield Spectrum Fund V, at over $1.3 billion and recieved a further $1 billion for asset-based lending

Ares closes $5.1 billion junior US direct lending fund as deployment hits 20%
Ares Management has collected $5.1 billion for its second junior US direct lending fund, Ares Private Credit Solutions II