Stepstone subsidiary raises $35 million private markets fund for high net worth individuals
Conversus has closed an inaugural private markets fund, Conversus StepStone Private Markets, at $35 million

LP round up: EIF backs four debt funds while Carlyle wins $1 billion
Institutional investors have allocated just over $4 billion to 27 credit managers in October board meetings

Triton reaches €744 million final close for second credit opportunities fund
Triton Partners has collected €744 million on a final close of a second credit opportunities fund, Triton Debt Opportunities II, exceeding its €550 million target

Syz hires former Brigade official as it pushes into litigation finance
Syz Capital has appointed a head of special situations and uncorrelated strategies, as part of the firm’s push into litigation finance

Credit funds at a glance (October 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

SVP collects $1.65 billion for dislocation fund in four months
Strategic Value Partners has closed fundraising for its Strategic Value Dislocation Fund with around $1.65 billion in commitments

Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close

Bain prepares credit dislocation strategy
Bain Capital Credit looks set to raise a fund dedicated to opportunities arising from credit dislocation, just four months after collecting $3.2 billion for its latest distressed debt and special situations vehicle

Mediobanca's private markets division raises $120 million for third fund
Mediobanca’s private banking division and Russell Investments have held a $120 million final close on a third private markets fund

LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

Arrow hits €1.5 billion third close on inaugural European NPL fund
Arrow Global Group has held a third close on its inaugural pan-European nonperforming loan fund

Pimco appoints Sculptor veteran as head of private credit in Europe
Pimco has hired an experienced figure in the European credit markets as it seeks to grow its special situations business

Credit funds at a glance (September 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Credit fundraising: distressed keeps in favour but CLO ETFs emerge
Five months into global lockdown and distressed debt funds are still proving popular, but several managers have found success pitching other types of credit strategies

LP round up: Connecticut eyes Fortress for private credit partnership
Investors placed $3.3 billion across 26 credit mandates over the past fortnight, according to documents seen by Creditflux 

Sixth Street nears $12 billion for flexible global credit fund
Sixth Street collected $8.5 billion for its fifth TSSP Adjacent Opportunities Partners fund, TAO 5.0, by the end of July, with the fund nearing its $12 billion hard cap

Credit funds at a glance (August 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Aon wraps up fundraising for $350 million opportunistic credit fund
The fund will target global investments across public corporate and structured credit, stressed credit and real estate debt

ICG plans €1 billion European special situations recovery fund
Intermediate Capital Group is targeting a €1 billion final close on its second multi-strategy special situations fund, which aims to exploit opportunities in the loan market arising from the coronavirus-induced pandemic

LP round up: pension creates private credit bucket as Florida eyes 'best distressed opportunity ever'
There was no slowdown in credit allocations last week, wrapping up what has been an extremely busy July. $1.4 billion has been allocated to credit, it has emerged over the last seven days, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux.

LP round up: Oregon eyes $1.8 billion into structured credit
Institutional investors have earmarked over $6 billion to credit funds over the past two weeks

LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

Credit funds at a glance (July 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies