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

CIFC launches its first CLO Ucits fund
CIFC Asset Management has become the latest manager to launch a new CLO Ucits fund

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

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 

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

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

UBS hits €1 billion final close for second infrastructure debt fund
UBS Asset Management has reached a final close on its second European infrastructure debt fund, Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform II (IDP II) at €1 billion

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 

Head of European private debt Bone earns promotion at Partners
Partners Group’s head of private debt in Europe, Christopher Bone, has been promoted to partner as one of 10 senior-level promotions announced by the firm

Credit Suisse and Patrimonium launch direct lending fund and plan a follow-up
Credit Suisse and Patrimonium have completed the launch of a new direct lending fund which has reached CHF165 million ($167 million).

Muzinich aims to take granular portfolio tactic across Europe
Muzinich has put together what it describes as a “direct lending 2.0” strategy, which it anticipates will serve as a solution to the constraints faced by middle market lenders in Europe. The firm launched the Italian version of the strategy in November via its Italian subsidiary Springrowth SGR and is looking to create follow-ups in other European jurisdictions

Selwood plants third credit opportunities fund with $150 million
Selwood Asset Management has launched a third iteration of its global credit opportunities strategy, according to 14 December US regulatory filings

Amundi surpasses €800 million target for third European direct lending fund
Amundi Dette Senior FPE III will provide debt financing to European mid-sized companies, primarily focusing on French mid-market companies

Robus targets €300 million for second distressed debt fund
Robus Capital has held a first close for its second distressed fund, Robus Recovery Fund II, Creditflux understands

EQT raises its second European direct lending fund
EQT has raised €2.3 billion for a European direct lending fund, exceeding its initial €1 billion target

Cairn sheds light on single-investment SRT fund
Fresh details have emerged on Cairn Capital’s new significant risk transfer (SRT) funds with the manager informing Creditflux that Pathfinder Fund III was structured such with US requirements in mind

Singapore fund to lend to financial institutions in emerging and developing markets
Singapore’s EFA Group is aiming to raise $100 million for a fund that will lend to banks and financial institutions in emerging and developing economies

Cairn adds two SRT funds to its roster
Cairn Capital has raised $150 million across two significant risk transfer (SRT) funds - with differing mandates - according to an announcement by the firm

Neuberger Berman unveils three European fixed income funds
The three new European fixed income portfolios will be managed by Patrick Barbe and his six-strong team, who all recently joined from BNP Paribas

Blackstone builds on multi-asset approach with fifth fund
The new vehicle will invest directly into Blackstone deals across its alternatives platform

Cairn launches multi-strat fund with SRT investments in mind
Cairn Capital’s significant risk transfer (SRT) business is evolving with the firm launching a multi-strategy fund to invest in these assets

Tikehau fund edges towards €1.6 billion close with €75 million EIB commitment
The European Investment Bank has approved a €75 million commitment to Tikehau Investment Management

AlbaCore registers second credit fund as debut strategy nears full capacity
AlbaCore Capital has recently registered AlbaCore Partners II, indicating the private debt and opportunistic credit investment firm could soon be back on the fundraising trail, less than eight months after closing AlbaCore Partners I

Texas pension fund commits €75 million to European distressed debt
A $30.01 billion pension fund has awarded €75 million to a European distressed debt fund managed by AnaCap Financial Partners