Columbia Advisory Partners launches new private credit fund
Washington state-based investment firm Columbia Advisory Partners creates new credit fund

San Francisco retirement system sets aside $55 million for private credit
San Francisco Employees' Retirement System reserves hundreds of millions of dollars for alternative funds, including private credit

Blackstone closes energy transition fund at over $7.1 billion
Blackstone builds on sustainable credit platform with the final close of a new $7.1 billion green fund 

Ventura County commits another $45 million to private credit funds
Ventura County Employees' Retirement Association has approved another round of direct lending fund commitments, this time totaling $45 million across two funds

NB raises $2.5 billion for structured equity fund
Neuberger Berman has announced the close of its NB Credit Opportunities Fund II. The fund raised approximately $2.5 billion of limited partner commitments.

Comvest raises $2 billion for new private credit fund
Comvest Partners has announced that Comvest Credit Partners, its direct lending platform, has completed the final close of its latest flagship fund, Comvest Credit Partners VI.

Food and beverage specialist launches second private credit fund
Proterra Investment Partners has announced the close of its second private credit fund, Proterra Credit Fund 2, with the new fund closing above its initial $500 million hard cap.

Global investment firm closes fund with $3 billion in capital commitments

Global investment firm closes fund with $3 billion in capital commitments, focusing on opportunistic investing. 

Angelo Gordon raises more than $1 billion for credit fund
New York-based alternative investment firm closes asset-based credit fund with more than $1 billion. 

San Francisco Employees' Retirement System approves multi-million dollar private credit commitments
Retirement system approves several multi-million dollar private credit commitments. 

Private credit fundraising continues as two new funds launch
Private credit funds continue to see growth with two new US funds launching this week.

Massachusetts Water Authority narrows proposals for opportunistic credit search
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority Retirement System narrows opportunistic credit fund recipients down to three candidates. 

Antares closes second senior loan fund with $6 billion
Private credit manager closes second round of senior loan fund with roughly $6 billions in commitments. 

ABL lending fund completes final close with $1.7 billion in commitments
Asset-based lending fund accepts $1.7 billion in capital commitments from a global set of institutional and retail investors. 

New Mexico State Investment Council plans to commit $600 million to private credit
New Mexico State Investment Council commits $600 million to two private credit managers during June meeting. 

Ventura County continues to invest in private credit funds
Ventura County approves $50 million for two private credit funds as target allocation increases.

Medalist Partners doubles size of private credit fund in final closing round
Medalist Partners enters final closing stages of its most recent private credit fund, nearly doubling the size of capital commitments from previous funds. 

Alaska Retirement Management Board commits $100 million to direct lending fund
It may be a tough environment for fundraising but the private credit market continues to pull in investments, with the Alaska Retirement Management Board agreeing to give up to $100 million to a fund

Oaktree closes life science fund with highest amount ever raised in the space
Oaktree Capital Management has raised more than $2.3 billion for its Life Sciences Lending Fund, the largest amount the firm has ever raised in the life sciences space.

HPS announces close for second core senior lending fund
HPS Investment Partners has closed its second Core Senior Lending Fund known as CSL II with around $10 billion of capital to invest

US manager launches second captive CLO equity fund
The firm closed its inaugural captive CLO equity vehicle at $375 million just 14 months ago

Apollo launches private markets secondary fund
Apollo has registered to launch its new private markets secondaries vehicle, Apollo S3 Private Markets Fund

LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit

Managers raise rated-note feeders despite scrutiny from US insurance association
Alongside its investigation into CLOs, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is weighing up its treatment of collateralised fund obligations (CFOs) and rated-note feeders

KKR plans asset-based fund
KKR Asset-Based Income Fund will take a 'multi-sector' approach, investing across consumer finance, mortgages, small-medium sized enterprises, hard assets, infrastructure and contractual cash flows