Permira raises €4.2 billion for direct lending fund
Permira Credit has completed the latest round of fundraising for its fifth direct lending fund, Permira Credit Solutions Fund V

HSBC AM launches new vintage for direct lending strategy
HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has announced the launch of the second vintage of its senior UK direct lending strategy. 

HPS announces close for second core senior lending fund
HPS Investment Partners has closed its second Core Senior Lending Fund known as CSL II with around $10 billion of capital to invest

French direct lender launches new real estate credit fund
Tikehau Capital has teamed up with real-estate specialist Altarea to launch a new real estate credit fund

LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit

KKR plans asset-based fund
KKR Asset-Based Income Fund will take a 'multi-sector' approach, investing across consumer finance, mortgages, small-medium sized enterprises, hard assets, infrastructure and contractual cash flows

Virginia pension discloses $800 million in credit allocations
Virginia Retirement System has disclosed $800 million in credit fund allocations made over the first quarter of this year

Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets

Credit funds at a glance (April 2023)
A round up of people moves and fundraising

HPS raises $12 billion for fifth junior capital fund
HPS Investment Partners has closed its fifth junior capital solutions fund, HPS Strategic Investment Partners V, at $12 billion. With leverage, the strategy has $17 billion investable capital

Nomura's private capital unit launches credit interval fund
Nomura Alternative Income Fund has a flexible allocation across private and public credit sectors, depending on relative value opportunities

Ironshield prepares for distressed opportunities with closed-end fund launch
Ironshield Capital has unveiled a closed-end fund which invests in private credit and illiquid public credit.

Arrow overshoots €2.5 billion target for second credit opps fund
Arrow Global has closed its second credit opportunities fund at its hard cap, collecting around €2.75 billion and exceeding its €2.5 billion target

Ares and Mubadala establish $1 billion global credit secondaries JV
The pair aim to capitalise on the 'anticipated growth and substantial demand’ from managers and investors for customised liquidity solutions

Tikehau preps sixth European direct lending fund launch
Tikehau Capital is preparing to start fundraising for its sixth European direct lending fund, Tikehau Direct Lending VI 

Robeco launches sustainable senior loan fund with €130 million first close
Orix Corporation, Robecco's parent company, has committed a 'significant' amount of the €130 million initial commitments

Mapre launches private debt strategy to bring together subsidiary investments
Mapre Asset Management is bringing together all private debt investments made by the insurance group's subsidiaries, as well as new investments, with the launch of a new private debt fund

Schroders breaks barriers with first Long-Term Asset Fund approval
Schroders has received regulatory approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to launch the first Long-Term Asset Fund 

Capital Four holds €1 billion first close on senior direct lending fund
Creditflux understands the fund has a €2 billion target

Adams Street targets $4.5 billion for third private credit strategy
Kentucky Public Pensions Authority is planning a re-up to the vehicle, according to a recent investor presentation

LP round up: securitised credit mandate terminated amid $5 billion allocations and expanding relationships
Institutional investors revealed nearly $5 billion of allocations to 31 credit managers across January and February board meetings, according to materials seen by Creditflux. However, there were also two fixed income manager terminations, and one multi-strategy account placed on a watchlist

Pemberton raises $1bn for rare working capital finance strategy
Pemberton says it has raised $1 billion for its working capital finance strategy, in what it believes makes Pemberton one of the first asset managers to offer such a short-term credit strategy to institutional investors

Credit funds at a glance (February 2023)
A round up of people moves and fundraising

All Seas closes inaugural mid-market fund at $400 million
All Seas Capital, the European mid-market lender founded by ex-KKR executives Marc Ciancimino and Cristobal Cuart,  has held a $400 million final close on its inaugural fund

BC Credit targets $1.25 billion for third opportunistic credit fund
BC Partners Credit plans to deploy half the fund in private lending and structured equity opportunities and the other half in specialty lending and dislocated liquid credit deals