LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. 

400 Capital raises $580 million for third asset backed credit fund
400 Capital Management has closed its third asset backed fund 400 Capital Asset Based Term Fund III at $580 million

San Bernardino pension commits $50 million to CLO fund as part of multi-credit strategic partnership
San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association allocated $50 million to a CLO equity fund, as part of a roughly $240 million multi-credit strategic partnership with the manager

BlackRock launches impact bond fund
BlackRock has launched a fixed income fund focused on green, social, and sustainable bonds as well as ‘impact’ MBS and municipal investments

Angel Oak launches second structured credit ETF in a month
Angel Oak Capital has launched it second structured credit exchange traded fund in a month

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

Angel Oak launches inaugural structured credit ETF
Angel Oak Capital Advisors has launched its first exchange traded fund, Angel Oak UltraShort Income Fund ETF

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

   

Nomura readies multi-strat credit interval fund launch
Nomura Private Capital is readying the launch of a new, closed-ended interval fund which will invest across the credit spectrum - including bonds, loans, CLOs, distressed debt emerging market debt

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

Schroders beats five to win structured credit mandate as pension terminates Franklin Templeton
Schroders has beat out five other credit managers to win up to $108 million for a securitised credit mandate from a US pension. It comes after investment consultant RVK recommended to terminate the pension’s investment in Franklin Templeton due to “underwhelming performance and decreasing assets”

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

Axonic holds first close on closed-end fund for real estate debt and CMBS
Axonic Capital has launched a closed-end fund to invest across commercial real estate, CMBS and residential transitional loans

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

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

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...

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

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%

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

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

StepStone sets out new path with Mexican securitisation
StepStone Group says its securitisation of private credit opportunities for Mexican investors has left a template for other managers to follow.

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

Pretium collects $1.7 billion for second residential mortgage credit fund
Pretium has closed second residential credit fund at $1.7 billion