Mercer puts private debt at heart of $2.7 billion fund of fund
Mercer has held a final close at $2.7 billion for a private markets fund that offers investors access to private debt and sustainable products  

Angelo Gordon pulls in $1.8 billion for inaugural credit solutions fund
Angelo Gordon has held a $1.8 billion final close on an inaugural credit fund geared towards geared towards distressed debt and special situations, surpassing its initial $1 billion target size

Whitehelm holds €500 million first close on infrastructure debt strategy
Whitehelm Capital has held a €500 million first close on its infrastructure debt strategy, according to an announcement. Creditflux's sister publication Inframation reports that this is split between Whitehelm Capital Infrastructure Debt Partners I and managed accounts

First Eagle closes fourth direct lending fund at $782 million
First Eagle Investment Management has collected $782 million on its fourth direct lending fund, THL Credit Direct Lending Fund IV, marking the first private credit fund closed since Boston-based THL Credit was acquired by First Eagle in December 

Canadian pension launches $300 million private credit platform to invest in India
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the CAD 326.7 billion Canadian pension, has rolled out a $300 million private credit platform in partnership with Pirmal Asset Management to focus on private credit opportunities in India

Pimco plans to outperform come rain or shine with $4.5bn all-weather fund
Pimco has become the latest manager to fashion a flexible, all weather credit fund that invests across public and private markets, geographies and capital structures. The Newport Beach-based manager is hoping to raise $3 billion for the strategy. With half a turn of leverage, it could have up to $4.5 billion to deploy.

CLO double Bs begin bounce back in b-wic bonanza

GSO aims to place US CLOs in Europe
GSO Capital Partners has launched a manager entity named Blackstone/GSO CLO Management LLC in an effort to sell US CLOs into Europe.

Yielco collects €675 million across two private debt fund of fund strategies
The Munich-based firm held a final close on its inaugural private debt fund of funds strategy and has also won a separate prive debt mandate

California pension earmarks $190 million for IG structured credit as it goes defensive
San Mateo County Employees Retirement Association has earmarked $190 million to a securitised credit managed account

New York pension allocates $100 million to US direct lending fund
New York State Teachers Common has awarded $100 million to a direct lending fund, as its private debt portfolio delivers 10.7% net IRR 

Louisiana pension earmarks $30 million for US private credit
This isn’t a first time relationship for the $1.8 billion pension fund, who previously granted  $50 million to the manager's previous fund in October 2018

Amundi joins forces with French bank to launch midcap loan fund
Amundi has partnered with French bank LCL to launch a mid-cap direct lending fund - and the fund has collected €130 million on its first close, just over half its target size 

Ardian raises €3 billion direct lending fund as it makes space for stretch-seniors
Ardian has collected €3 billion from ‘over 90 investors’ on its fourth European direct lending fund, surpassing its original €2.5 billion target size

ResponsAbility collects $151 million for impact private debt securitisation fund
Facebook, the European Investment Bank and the government of Luxembourg are just some of the investment sources for the $151 million clean energy impact debt fund. The fund is structured in a similar way to a CLO – with responsAbility offering investors various risk tranches 

Pimco launches listed multi-sector global credit fund
Known as Pimco Tactical Income Fund, the fund will invest in a range of global credit strategies and will list on the New York Stock Exchange

Pathway closes second private credit fund at $1 billion
Pathway Capital Management has held a final close on its second private credit fund at $1 billion 

Partners nears $100 billion in AUM as CLOs drive private debt growth
Swiss manager Partners Group has reached $94.1 billion in assets under management, with CLOs boosting the firm’s growth, according to its 2019 annual results  

EQ plans private credit fund launch with eye on deploying up to €100 million
EQ Asset Management has indicated that it will launch its third private credit fund later this year

BC Partners seeks $1 billion close for special opportunities fund
BC Partners Advisors is targeting a $1 billion close for its recently launched special opportunities fund, according to documents seen by Creditflux.  

Stockholm-based firm targets CLOs, CSOs and SRTs for new fund after stellar 2019
A fund manager, established in 2018, is said to be launching its second corporate structured credit fund, sources say, after generating 20% returns last year via its debut strategy. The new fund will invest across CLOs, CSOs, SRTs and index tranches 

EFA holds first close on Asian private credit fund
EFA Group has held a first close on its Asian private credit fund, according to an announcement by the firm

'Speciality finance' gains momentum as US investors go deeper into private credit
Institutional investors are continuing to invest in niche, speciality finance strategies - including litigation financing and life sciences - following intense competition and overcrowding in US private credit 

Napier Park beats 47 managers to win pension's lucrative credit mandate
Napier Park Global Capital has emerged as the winner for a $500 million illiquid credit mandate for Los Angeles County Employees Association, after the pension recieved 48 responses to its original request for proposal 

HIG WhiteHorse reaches $1.1 billion final close for direct lending fund
HIG WhiteHorse has announced a final close on its direct lending fund, HIG WhiteHorse Principal Lending Fund