Barings launches second North American direct lending fund
Barings has begun fundraising for its second North American-focused direct lending fund, three years after closing the firm’s inaugural strategy.

Mediobanca's private markets division raises $120 million for third fund
Mediobanca’s private banking division and Russell Investments have held a $120 million final close on a third private markets fund

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 

Blackstone raises $8 billion for 'largest real estate debt fund ever'
Blackstone is flush with cash to deploy into commercial real estate properties after finalising fundraising on its latest real estate debt fund, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies IV

Pantheon collects $800 million for private credit strategy
The $50.7 billion manager has raised $800 million for a private debt fund, according to US regulatory filings

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

GSO prepares inaugural non-traded BDC
GSO Capital Partners, the credit-focused business of the Blackstone Group, is preparing to launch an inaugural non-traded business development company named Blackstone Private Credit Fund

LP round up: Connecticut eyes Fortress for private credit partnership
Investors placed $3.3 billion across 26 credit mandates over the past fortnight, according to documents seen by Creditflux 

Sixth Street nears $12 billion for flexible global credit fund
Sixth Street collected $8.5 billion for its fifth TSSP Adjacent Opportunities Partners fund, TAO 5.0, by the end of July, with the fund nearing its $12 billion hard cap

Apollo plans multi-billion dollar follow up to credit dislocation fund
A few large managers have launched credit dislocation funds, but Apollo could be unique in fundraising for its second since the coronavirus pandemic

CIFC's new HY team takes all-weather approach as it launches Ucits fund
CIFC has launched a long-short high yield Ucits fund, underlining a trend for all-weather strategies that Creditflux highlighted in the August issue of the monthly newsletter

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

New funds move in as tranche trades take off
Synthetic structured credit funds are proving popular with investors amid a spike in index tranche trading

Aon wraps up fundraising for $350 million opportunistic credit fund
The fund will target global investments across public corporate and structured credit, stressed credit and real estate debt

Prime launches global fund of niche credit funds
Prime Capital is preparing a new fund of niche credit funds in a strategy the firm has dubbed Liquid Alternative Credit Fund, and the Frankfurt-based manager will launch the fund with $30 million capital from three seed investors

LP round up: pension creates private credit bucket as Florida eyes 'best distressed opportunity ever'
There was no slowdown in credit allocations last week, wrapping up what has been an extremely busy July. $1.4 billion has been allocated to credit, it has emerged over the last seven days, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux.

Legg Mason teams with affiliate Western for credit fund
Legg Mason has teamed up with its affiliate Western Asset Management to launch a closed-ended fund to invest in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities, according to fund registration filed by the pair yesterday

Janus Henderson launches 'first of its kind' senior CLO ETF
Janus Henderson has become the latest manager to prepare a CLO-focused fund, but the manager has taken a rather unusual approach to its fund structure: an exchange traded fund

LP round up: Oregon eyes $1.8 billion into structured credit
Institutional investors have earmarked over $6 billion to credit funds over the past two weeks