BlueBay closes fourth direct lending fund at €6 billion
BlueBay Asset Management has held a final close for its fourth private debt fund with over €6 billion of investable capital

HPS targets $8 billion for flagship mezzanine strategy
HPS Mezzanine Partners 2019, the firm's fourth fund in its mezzanine strategy, has won $100 million from a Louisiana pension fund 

Tree Line grows $300 million US lower mid-market debt fund
Tree Line Capital Partners is targeting $300 million for its second lower-middle market direct lending fund, according to 6 February US regulatory filings

New York pension fund allocates $150 million to special situations fund
The new investment will sit within the pension fund’s opportunistic alternatives bucket

Kreos exceeds €600 million target size for its largest direct lending fund to date
Kreos Capital has held a final close for its sixth European growth debt fund at €700 million

MV and EQ combine for €70 million for private credit fund
EQ Asset Management has raised €70 million for its second private credit fund in partnership with MV Credit, the fund of fund operator has announced

New York pension ups commitment to HarbourVest by $400 million
New York State Teachers' Retirement System has topped up commitments to Maple Fund, having already approved $600 million in 2017

AnaCap buys €4 billion Italian SME loan portfolio
AnaCap Financial Partners has made its first transaction of its fourth credit opportunities fund 

Golding holds €580 million final close for private debt fund
Golding Capital Partners has held a final close for its private debt fund strategy at €580 million

San Francisco pension plans to deploy $800 million to private credit in 2019
San Francisco Employee’s Retirement System will allocate $800 million to its private credit bucket in the coming year, to reach its 10% target allocation 

WhiteHorse forms $125 million middle-market JV with Ohio pension
The $79.8 billion Ohio pension fund has teamed up with WhiteHorse to form a joint venture that will have a $375 million total lending capacity

Finint holds €51.6 million first close for Italian debt fund
Finint Investments has a €150 million target for PMI Italia II and expects to hold a final close by the end of 2019 

Portfolio Advisors garners $200 million for third mezzanine credit fund
Portfolio Advisors has begun fundraising for its third mezzanine opportunistic credit fund, PA Direct Credit Opportunities Fund III

Talde launches €100 million debt fund
Talde Private Equity, a Spanish general partner company, has launched Talde Deuda Alternativa, a debt fund with a €100 million target aimed at financing European small and medium sized enterprises

Orchard wraps up fundraising for $2.5 billion structured credit and special opportunities fund
Orchard Global Asset Management has held a $2.5 billion final close for its structured credit and special opportunities fund,

IAM closes senior debt fund at C$843 million
IAM Private Debt Group, the private debt business of Integrated Asset Management Group, has closed its sixth private debt fund at C$843 million ($634 million)

Churchill reaches halfway to $1.5 billion hard cap for loan fund
Churchill Asset Management has raised at least $746.5 million for its second middle market loan fund

Chatham launches second distressed and direct lending fund
The New Jersey-based hedge fund manager has begun fundraising for its second credit fund: Chatham Asset Private Debt & Strategic Capital Fund II

Dignari nears $500 million target size for China credit fund
Dignari Capital Partners is nearing a final close for its second China-focused credit fund, according to 9 January US regulatory filings

BlueBay targets €5 billion for European direct lending strategy
BlueBay Asset Management is targeting €5 billion for its latest European direct lending strategy, according to documents seen by Creditflux, and has won $125 million in commitments from two US pension funds

Penfund closes sixth junior capital fund at CAD$1.15 billion hard cap
Canadian fund manager Penfund Management has closed its sixth junior capital fund, Penfund Capital Fund VI, at CAD$1.15 billion 

AEA markets successor private debt fund following $1 billion fund close
AEA Investors is marketing its latest private credit strategy, with the firm launching AEA Middle Market Debt Fund IV

Muzinich surpasses target with €706 million pan-European debt fund
Muzinich & Co has held a final close for its Muzinich Pan-European Private Debt Fund at €706.25 million, surpassing its initial €500 million target 

Neuberger Berman nears final close for private credit fund at $1.5 billion
The New York-based manager has raised at least $1.57 billion for its third direct lending fund

Audax launches $1.65 billion direct lending fund
With leverage, the fund is anticipated to have $2.6 billion capital available