Apera secures EUR 2.9bn for European lower middle market lending
The fundraise for Apera Private Debt Fund III is double the size of its predecessor vehicle

BC Partners secures USD 1.4bn for flexible, opportunistic credit
The private credit arm of the firm held a final close for its Special Opportunities Fund III

PAG raises USD 1.25bn for significant risk transfers
The Hong Kong-based alternative asset manager is expecting the SRT market to grow at a 30% to 40% rate annually over the next few years

Oaktree lowered its distressed debt fundraise to USD 16bn
The market and investment environment for distressed debt shifted, and investors asked whether the original target was too big.

Credit funds at a glance - January 2025
Fund performance, recent hires, recent fundraising

Global Private Credit AUM to reach USD 3trn by 2028 - Moody’s
Global private credit AUM is poised to hit USD 3trn by 2028, Moody's predicts, with momentum expected to grow over the next three years

SC Lowy winds down liquid credit fund in private credit pivot
SC Lowy plans to wind down its open-ended liquid credit fund and launch a new interval fund for private credit investments

Funds round up: May 2024
The demand for SRT strategies and special situations funds are on the uptick, as is the demand for managers and funds outside of North America. 

Funds round up: April 2024
Allocations to private credit and new fund launches continued to roll out in April, as our monthly round-up confirms

Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors

Funds round-up: Feb-2024 - managers turn to European wealth
European private credit managers turn to the wealthy in our roundup of notable fundraising in February 2024. 

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

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

BlackRock launches impact bond fund
BlackRock has launched a fixed income fund focused on green, social, and sustainable bonds as well as ‘impact’ MBS and municipal investments

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

Invesco holds final closed for distressed fund at $644 million
Invesco has made a final close of its global distressed credit and special sitiations fund known as Invesco Credit Partners Fund II

Credit PM pair seek galaxy of opportunities with long/short fund manager launch
Two experienced portfolio managers have set up a new venture to take advantage of volatile markets

Five credit managers win nearly $1 billion from UK pension pool
Five private credit funds emerged as winners after UK pension pool Border to Coast revealed $1 billion in a wide variety of private credit commitments

LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus...

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds

UBP targets sovereign local-currency bonds with Article 8 strategy
Union Bancaire Privée has launched an ESG sovereign local-currency debt strategy, which meets the requirements of Article 8 of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

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

Infrastructure manager targets €1 billion for eclectic mix of project finance debt and SRTs
A Copenhagen-based firm is launching its first credit fund and has partnered with an SRT specialist in London for a component of its potential €1 billion offering  

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

Oaktree closes $3 billion real estate debt fund with 55% deployment
Oaktree Capital Management held a roughly $3 billion final close on its third global real estate debt strategy, Real Estate Debt Fund III