Credit fundraising: January proves anything but dry for manager inflows
After a tough and unpredictable year, January may have been seen by many as an opportunity for a fresh start. But for seven managers it meant holding final closes on funds, while three undertook first closes and one a fund launch

Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
Fund managers in structured credit, real assets and distressed are bullish on the prospects for residential housing in 2021. Elsewhere, niche royalty-based strategies are in favour and although a CLO repricing wave is expected, it may not be easy to execute resets. For more, read our 13-page quarterly report on credit. 

2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
2020 was a busy year for CLO fundraising, with Creditflux recording at least 30 funds that launched over the 12 months to invest across the CLO capital structure

Spanish boutique goes for growth with CLO equity fund
Arcano Asset Management has plans to develop its product suite in 2021, including launching a dedicated CLO equity vehicle, its second opportunistic credit fund and second revolving credit fund, according to the firm

Credit funds at a glance (January 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

400 holds $430 million final close on opportunistic structured credit fund
400 Asset Based Term Fund II will invest across structured credit including special situations, risk-transfers, and liquidity premium opportunities in the primary and secondary markets

Credit fundraising: November marks turning point as fund launches spike
November was always set to be an important month as the world awaited the US election outcome and the results of covid-19 vaccine trials. This did nothing to slow down fund managers as 14 funds launched, up from only four funds launching in September and five in October

LP round up: Monroe and Angelo Gordon beat 25 for direct lending mandate, as private credit plans brew
US public pension funds have disclosed $1.2 billion in commitments to credit focused strategies

LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Paris-based manager adds IG CLO tranches to the mix with new fund
A European CLO investor has recently launched a CLO Ucits to invest in investment grade CLO debt tranches, adding to its two CLO equity funds and one mezzanine debt fund 

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

Credit fundraising: Dubai manager gets in on the act as direct lending takes off
Shuaa launches credit fund in the Gulf as Ares, Contingency, HPS and Perceptive are among those to close billion-plus funds

New York pension allocates $250 million to CLO fund
New York State Common Retirement Fund has allocated $250 million to a CLO-focused vehicle, according to a recently released September transaction report

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

Janus Henderson launches ABS fund with UK pensions in mind
Janus Henderson has launched an ABS fund which is mainly geared towards UK institutional investors

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

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

Pearl Diver collects $400 million for CLO fund
CLO investor Pearl Diver Capital has finalised fundraising for its latest CLO fund at $400 million, exceeding an initial $300 million target size

Aegon targets ABS for new fund
Aegon Asset Management says it has launched a global ABS fund with a return target of Euribor plus 500 basis points

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

Barings and PGIM win loan and structured credit mandates as pension puts £2.7bn in credit
The firms will manage global syndicated loans, securitised credit, emerging market debt and global high yield credit for Border to Coast Pension Partnership's £2.7 billion ($3.43 billion) multi-asset credit fund 

Manager holds first close on debut control US CLO equity fund
A $3.1 billion manager is on the fundraising trail for its debut CLO equity fund, after holding a first close from internal capital earlier this year

Palm Lane launches credit relative value fund with $200 million after PM hires
Palm Lane Capital has raised about $200 million for a global credit relative value hedge fund, which went live on 1 September

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