HIG WhiteHorse corrals USD 5.9bn for US direct lending
The latest fund will be used to originate senior-secured loans for both sponsored and non-sponsored corporate borrowers

PGIM closes sophomore senior debt fund with USD 4.2bn
The commingled, private fund will be used to lend to middle-market companies across North America, Europe and Australia

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

Carlyle’s AlpInvest and Mubadala establish fund financing partnership
Carlyle Group subsidiary AlpInvest Partners and Mubadala have set up a new credit co-investment partnership to provide portfolio senior fund financing on a global basis  

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. 

AustralianSuper increases private credit allocation as it seeks to triple exposure to the market
AustralianSuper has increased its investment mandate with private credit specialist Churchill Asset Management to USD 1.5bn, as Australia's largest pension system looks to triple its exposure in the fast-growing international private credit market

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania pension reveals $500 million in commitments to three private credit funds
Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement has revealed three private credit commitments as part of $1.1 billion in allocations to its alternatives bucket

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

Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021

Ares rounds out bumper year for direct lending with $14 billion US fund
Ares Management is ending 2021 with yet another massive direct lending fund-raise

Oaktree raises largest ever fund with $15.9 billion for "opportunistic credit" strategy
Oaktree Capital Management has closed its largest ever fund, collecting a whopping $15.9 billion on its latest opportunistic credit strategy, Oaktree Opportunities Fund XI

Credit funds at a glance (September 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

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

Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds