John Hancock and Marathon join forces on ABL fund with structured credit bucket
John Hancock Investment Management has teamed up with Marathon Asset Management for an asset-based lending fund, which can invest a portion of capital in liquid structured credit such as CLOs

Churchill raises $700 million CFO after targeting insurance company investors
Churchill Asset Management has raised $700 million for a collateralised fund obligation that will straddle its private credit and private equity business

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

ETFs open up to CLOs as PineBridge/VanEck team up
Although CLO triple A investors are scarce at present, CLO exchange traded-funds are becoming a bigger part of the investment community after PineBridge Investments partnered with VanEck to launch VanEck CLO ETF (CLOI) last month.

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...

Bluerock and WhiteStar unveil CLO interval fund
Bluerock has partnered with CLO specialist WhiteStar Asset Management to launch an interval fund, named Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund, focused on CLO tranche investing

PineBridge and VanEck launch investment grade CLO ETF
VanEck has teamed up with PineBridge Investments to launch an exchenge-traded CLO fund named VanEck CLO ETF (CLOI)

Victory Park collects $2.4 billion for asset-backed credit strategy
Victory Park Capital has raised $2.4 billion for its latest asset-backed opportunistic credit strategy

Ivy climbs to $115 million final close for US direct lending fund
Ivy Asset Group has held a $115 million final close of its US direct lending fund named 2022 Ivy Credit Opportunity Fund

ArrowMark targets $300 million for commercial real estate
ArrowMark Partners is targeting $300 million for a structured finance real estate fund

JP Morgan AM targets global special situations after $2.4 billion raise
JP Morgan Asset Management says it has raised $2.4 billion for Lynstone Special Situations Fund II to invest in stressed, distressed and event driven situations

MidOcean seeks "off-the-run" loans and bonds for third tactical credit fund
MidOcean Partners is seeking to raise capital for its third tactical credit fund, MidOcean Tactical Credit Fund III

Sound Point plots first US direct lending fund following CVC acquisition
Sound Point Capital Management is looking to fundraise for its its first US direct lending fund since acquiring CVC’s US direct lending unit

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $300 million for strategic credit and Arcmont eyes fund four
US investors allocated nearly $1.5 billion to credit funds in May, with managers to win mandates including: 400, Accel-KKR, Advent, Arcmont, ArrowMark, Comvest, Edelweiss, Francsico, Oak Hill, Sixth Street and Sprott

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

400 Capital targets $600 million for opportunistic structured credit fund
The fund is targeting a $600 million final close next month with target net returns of 12-15%

Angelo Gordon closes $3.1 billion credit solutions fund in seven months
Fundraising for AG Credit Solutions II means the firm’s all-weather distressed and special situations platform has grown to $11 billion.

Pantheon exceeds $500 million target for second private debt secondaries fund
Pantheon has held a final close of its second private debt secondaries fund, Pantheon Senior Debt II, at $834 million

Barrow Hanley holds final close on captive CLO equity fund
Barrow Hanley Global Investors has held a second and final close of its CLO equity fund at $120.5 million

Beach Point launches $1.5 billion US direct lending joint venture with KeyBank
KeyBank Beach Point Direct Lending Program will combine sourcing, underwriting and structuring capabilities for middle market borrowers

StepStone keeps up private credit growth with $600 million credit opps fund
StepStone Group has raised “over $600 million” for a fund that will invest in stressed, distressed dislocated credit assets

Kayne Anderson closes $1.87 billion real estate debt fund
Kayne Anderson has closed a fourth real estate debt fund at $1.875 billion, surpassing its intitial $1.5 billion target 

Monroe closes first opportunistic private credit fund with 'over 75 investors'
Monroe Capital has won commitments from ‘over 75’ investors, closing its inaugural opportunistic credit fund, Monroe Capital Opportunistic Private Credit Fund I, at $286 million

LP round up: Apollo and Silver Rock win over $1 billion as pensions plough into private debt
Institutional investors allocated at least $2 billion to credit funds in April, according to Creditflux data, with Apollo and Silver Rock emerging as big winners

Onex surpasses $500 million target for CLO investment strategy
Onex Corporation has finished fundraising for its latest CLO investment vehicle named Onex Structured Credit Opportunities Fund, surpassing its $500 million fundraising target