Hermes wins $400 million mandate to show investing ethically really is worth it
Hermes Investment Management has won a $400 million mandate to oversee a global high yield credit portfolio on behalf of Swedish pension fund giant Första AP-Fonden (AP1)

AEW and Natixis AM raise another €100 million for real estate debt fund
AEW and Natixis Asset management, both affiliates of Natixis Global Asset Management, have completed a third closing of Senior European Loan Fund II (Self II) following commitments from institutional investors in France, Germany and Italy

New York firm raises $100 million for new direct lending vehicle
A US mezzanine specialist looks like it is dabbling in senior loans having launched a new direct lending fund with $100 million of commitments

Taconic raises $600 million for European credit strategy
New York-based institutional investment firm Taconic Capital Advisors has raised $600 million in commitments for a European credit dislocation strategy, according to market sources

New CarVal distressed credit fund reaches $2.36 billion
Alternatives manager CarVal Investors has raised $2.36 billion for its new vehicle CVI Credit Value Fund IV, according to regulatory filings

Principal and Finisterre team up to launch emerging market Ucits fund
Multi-boutique asset management firm Principal Global Investors has launched an unconstrained emerging markets fixed income Ucits that will be managed by its subsidiary, Finisterre Capital

Californian firm boosts tax-exempt real estate credit fund by $32.5 million
Mosaic Real Estate Investors has raised about $32.5 million for its tax-exempt real estate credit fund since launching about a year ago

Eagle Point raises $100 million for new CLO-focused fund
Greenwich-based Eagle Point has raised $100.2 million for a new private fund that will invest in CLO equity, regulatory filings reveal

KKR's private credit fund fund targets Hong Kong and now South Korea
KKR has raised $301.1 million for its KKR Private Credit Opportunities Partners II (EEA) LP fund, which appears to be targeting Asia-based investors

Pimco fund edges closer to $5 billion hard cap with new pension fund injection
Pimco's special situations fund, already above $3 billion, has picked up fresh inflows from a Pennsylvania pension fund

Paris-based direct lender launches institutional fund with €300 million target
Paris-based direct lender Idinvest has announced the launch of new large-scale institutional fund that will lease industrial assets to SMEs

HPS wraps up fundraising for specialty loan fund with $4.5 billion of LP capital
New York-based HPS Investment Partners has completed fundraising for its HPS Specialty Loan Fund 2016 - which raised over $4.5 billion of imited partner capital with $6.5 billion of purchasing power, exceeding the initial target of $5 billion

Monroe holds $300 million first close for private credit fund
Chicago-based Monroe Capital has held its first close on its 2017 Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund in the amount of $300 million, a source close to the situation confirms

New Jersey firm launches distressed debt and direct lending fund
New Jersey firm Chatham Asset Management has launched a distressed debt and direct lending fund and has raised at least $106.9 million for it so far, according to regulatory filings

West coast manager raises $600 million for upcoming direct lending fund
Los Angeles-based Crescent Capital has launched a new direct lending product known as Crescent Direct Lending Fund II, which comes in both levered and unlevered forms and appears to have a $1 billion fundraising target

New Jersey pension to invest $200 million with boutique private debt manager
The New Jersey State Investment Council is poised to invest in a private debt fund run by Chatham Asset Management

Guggenheim raises $200 million for opportunistic credit vehicle
Guggenheim has raised $200 million for a new opportunistic credit fund, which is backed by three investors to date

Angel Oak joins growth in credit interval funds
Angel Oak is set to become the latest credit manager to target retail investors following in the footsteps of Alcentra, GoldenTree, GSO and Octagon 

Hong Kong authority commits $1bn to EM credit
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the autonomous territory’s de facto central bank, has invested $1 billion in an infrastructure loan strategy

Credit fundraising hits $11.1bn in September
$11.1 billion was raised for credit-orientated strategies in September, according to Creditflux’s fundraising tracker. Just over half of this ($5.6 billion) comes from direct lending funds

Asian airline operator approves $30 million ticket for new CarVal credit fund
US credit strategies continue to attract capital from Asian investors with CarVal Investors the latest asset manager to distribute a fund in the continent

EIB unveils €300 million lending programme for Irish business
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a new €300 million long-term lending programme aimed at supporting mid-cap companies in Ireland

Chicago-based manager unveils ambitious plans for listed CLO equity fund
US CLO manager aims to become the latest to add a CLO investment fund

East coast pension fund commits $50 million to Carlyle private credit fund
The New Hampshire Retirement System has committed to invest $100 million to Carlyle Group, including $50 million to a private credit fund

Private equity firm raises $54 million in three months for credit fund
New York-based Siguler & Guff’s small business credit fund has raised almost $54 million in just three months, according to regulatory filings