Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund sinks hundreds of millions into credit funds

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has invested more than half a billion dollars into several credit and direct lending funds

New Mexico State Investment Council commits $150 million to infra debt fund
The New Mexico sovereign wealth fund approved a $150 million allocation to the Newmarket International Infrastructure Finance Company IV 

Ares second Pathfinder credit fund nears $5 billion target
Ares raised an additional $1.8 billion in 2Q23 for asset-backed fund

Beverage holding company launches new $100 million credit fund
Beverage holding company seeks to fuel the bourbon business with new $100 million credit fund

BlackRock eyes next infra debt fund
BlackRock Alternatives is looking to launch a second global infrastructure debt fund, shortly after the departure of its European head of debt

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. 

Vertical Capital Income fund changes name as Carlyle takes over and shifts focus to CLOs
Vertical Capital Income Fund is set to rebrand as Carlyle Credit Income Fund after a transaction appointing Carlyle Group as the fund's investment manager and shift the fund's investment mandate to CLOs closed on Friday

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. 

Credit funds at a glance
Fund performance, fund raising and LP commitments

CVC closes third captive equity fund
CVC Credit has announced the final close of its latest captive equity fund, CVC CLO Equity III, with a mammoth $800 million of commitments.

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.