Carlyle targets $6.5 billion for credit opps fund
Carlyle Group is targeting $6.5 billion for its third opportunistic credit fund, according to a pitchbook seen by Creditflux

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

Belstar partners with Apollo to launch global corporate and structured credit fund
Belstar Management Company has launched a credit fund to invest across global liquid and private credit - including both corporate and structured credit

LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. 

Crescent eyes non-traded BDC for private credit offering
Crescent Capital is looking to expand its middle market direct lending product suite, with the firm registering a non-exchange traded business development company with US regulators

Calpers allocates $2.75 billion to two credit managers
US pension heavyweight California Public Employees Retirement System earmarked $3 billion to credit funds in the third quarter of 2022, according to recent board materials 

Brookfield/Oaktree targets "larger" than $16 billion for next opportunistic credit fund
Brookfield Asset Management held a $2.8 billion first close on its third infrastructure debt fund and has started fundraising for its next vintage of our opportunistic credit flagship fund, alongside affiliate Oaktree, according to the firm's Q3 earnings call

HighVista holds final close of second private credit fund at $450 million
HighVista Strategies has announced the final close of a second private credit fund

Catalio raises healthcare-focused private credit fund
Catalio Capital Management has launched its first ever special situations credit fund with which intending to provide financing to healthcare companies

Castlelake secures $782 million for credit fund
Castlelake Income Opportunities II will invest in areas including European commercial real estate, transitional bridge lending in North America, specialty finance and secured aviation related lending

Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Silver Point targets $4 billion for third specialty credit fund
The Greenwich, Connecticut-headquartered manager invests across several areas of lending including secondary market loans, hung syndications, rescue finance, and hard asset lending opportunities during periods of dislocation

Hamilton Lane launches evergreen senior credit opportunities fund
Hamilton Lane has launched an open-ended senior credit opportunities fund, named Hamilton Lane Senior Credit Opportunities Fund

Pimco targets up to $5 billion for flexible credit fund
The fund will invest across capital solutions, distressed and stressed opportunities, and idiosyncratic positions

Investment manager launches to finance non-sponsored mid market
A new alternative manager launched Monday with a focus on debt and equity investments in non-sponsored, lower middle market businesses in North America

Sona rolls out event-driven and bespoke financing fund to US investors
Sona Asset Management is courting investors in the US for its second capital solutions strategy, having filed an offering of the fund with the Securities & Exchange Commission

Blackstone collects $4 billion on inaugural private credit green energy fund first close
Investors are big fans of Blackstone's new private credit green energy strategy, which focuses on renewables and energy transition 

Axa IM and InPact close €395m global revolving credit facility fund
AXA Investment Managers and InPact Partners have closed their second vintage revolving credit facilities fund, RCF II, with over €395 million in capital commitments

Fidelity Investments eyes CLOs as part of multi-strategy credit fund
Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch a new multi-strategy credit fund, which will “opportunistically rotate across the entire credit spectrum”

Churchill raises $12 billion for senior lending strategy
The total includes closes of Churchill's levered, unlevered funds and separately managed accounts

Nassau launches CFO backed by fund LP interests
Nassau Alternative Investments has launched its second collateralised fund obligation

Credit funds at a glance (October 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 

   

Franklin Templeton and Benefit Street launch credit interval fund
The pair have launched a multi-strategy credit interval fund named Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund, which will invest across US private credit

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

TA raises $1.1 billion for fifth debt fund with expanded mandate
TA Associates has closed its TA Debt Fund V with more than $1.1 billion in capital commitments and has expanded its investment mandate across the capital stack