EIF backs Oddo's inaugural mittelstand debt fund as it holds €131 million first close
Oddo BHF Asset Management, the Franco-German asset manager, has held a first close on its inaugural German Mittlestand debt fund and has recieved a cornerstone investment from the European Investment Fund 

BNP Paribas AM collects €576.5 million for second European debt fund
BNP Paribas Asset Management has held a final close on its second European debt fund, BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund II, which provides senior debt to small and medium-sized companies primarily in France, Italy and Belgium

LP round-up: Champaign pension raises a glass (or bucket) to private credit
Institutional investors allocated over $600 million to 11 managers this week, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

Cerberus raises $779 million for direct lending fund
Cerberus Business Finance is raising a new direct lending fund, according to regulatory filings

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

Värde targets $1 billion for inaugural dedicated credit dislocation fund
Värde is seeking to raise $1 billion for its dislocation and distressed debt fund, according to an investor presentation seen by Creditflux. The firm is targeting a first close this month

Owl Rock hits fundraising trail with follow up to BDCs
Owl Rock Capital is launching a new fund which appears to be in the form of a business development company, US regulatory filings reveal

Francisco closes $750 million technology-focused credit opps fund
Francisco Partners has closed its technology-focused opportunistic credit fund, FP Credit Partners, at $750 million

LP round up: Pimco gets the Disco started as distressed managers win allocations
Insitutional investors allocated just over $1 billion to credit funds last week, according to board documents seen by Creditflux, with special situation funds from Farallon, Pimco and SSG taking the bulk of these commitments

BNP Paribas unit holds final close on special opportunities fund of funds
BNP Paribas Capital Partners has held a final close on its European special opportunities fund of debt funds

Patrimonium launches two private debt funds
The Swiss-based direct lender its targeting  €800 million for its second co-investment fund with Credit Suisse and has developed a new credit opportunities strategy

PGIM prepares listed credit fund
PGIM is marketing a ‘flexible’ listed fund, dubbed PGIM Strategic Credit Fund , to invest at least 80% across fixed income

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

LP round-up: talf and dislocation funds win as pensions allocate $350 million to credit
Investors poured in $350 million to eight credit-focused funds, primarily to credit dislocation funds. Private debt continued to remain stead with investors maintaining or increase allocations 

KKR raises $4 billion for coronavirus dislocation credit strategy
KKR has collected $4 billion to invest across credit opportunities in eight weeks– including $2.8 billion in its KKR Dislocation Opportunities Fund and over $1.1 billion from managed accounts

MGG targets $500 million for 'special opportunities' direct lending fund
MGG is launching a new direct lending fund that will target a higher risk-return profile than its flagship direct lending strategy

Atalaya targets $1 billion for fifth specialty finance fund
Atalaya Asset Income Fund V launched earlier this month with $295 million of assets

Apollo collects $1.75 billion for dislocation fund in two months
Apollo Global Management has taken eight weeks to raise $1.75 billion for a dislocation credit fund, Apollo Accord Fund III B

Candian pension allocates $250 million to dislocation credit fund
Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (Imco) has allocated $250 million to a dislocation credit fund managed by Apollo Global Management

Minnesota pension's 2020 credit allocations hit $1 billion
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $400 million across to two credit managers in a private market update. The commitments mark $1 billion allocated to credit in 2020 by the pension

EnTrust aims to onboard $1 billion for maritime direct lending fund by June
EnTrust Global is targeting $1 billion for a maritime direct lending fund, Blue Ocean Onshore Fund, and anticipates a final close in June

Alantra holds €30 million first close on Spanish real estate debt fund
Madrid-based Alantra anticipates a €100 million final close by the end of the year

Magnetar wins $400 million for illiquid credit mandate
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has allocated $400 million to Illinois-based Magnetar Financial at its 13 May board of investment meeting, according to recently released minutes

Louisiana pension commits $150 million to mezzanine and credit opportunities funds
Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana has awarded $150 million to two credit funds managed by Ares Management and Audax Group at its 7 May board meeting, a spokesperson for the pension has confirmed

Pemberton holds €800 million first close on credit fund after two months fundraising
Pemberton held a €800 million first close on Pemberton Strategic Credit Opportunities II in March, after the fund began fundraising in mid-January. It has a €1.5 billion to €2 billion target size