Corinthia Global Management secures USD 5bn in capital commitments
Corinthia Global Management has raised about USD 5bn for its first direct-lending fund and expects to fund deals by March at the latest

Corinthia eyes EUR 1bn first close for maiden European direct lending strategy
Corinthia is on the cusp of holding a EUR 1bn first close for its inaugural European direct-lending strategy, four sources familiar with the situation said. 

Corinthia Global Management eyes deployment in 4Q24
The upstart direct lender sued for lifting more than 20 staff from Barings is preparing to begin deploying capital as it announces a flurry of senior appointments

Corinthia eyes mid-June start
Corinthia Global Management, the start-up firm that’s shaking up the USD 1.7trn private credit space, is laying the foundations for mid-June market entrance

Barings launches legal proceedings against Corinthia and two senior defectors
Barings has commenced legal proceedings against two former senior executives who last week defected to Corinthia Global Management

Nomura-backed Corinthia lifts private credit team from Barings
More than 20 members of the global private credit team at Barings have jumped ship and joined Corinthia Global Management, a new platform backed by Nomura Holdings

Barings captures Gryphon to boost structured credit business
Barings has bolstered its global structured credit expertise by buying AUD $2.6 billion ($1.72 billion) Austrialian credit firm Gryphon Capital Partners

Barings closes European private credit fund at €7 billion
Barings says it has raised €7 billion for European Private Loan Fund and related vehicles, having deployed €6 billion into 80 transactions of the last 18 months

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

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

HIG WhiteHorse adds Dach head to European direct lending team
HIG WhiteHorse has hired a former Barings official as principal and head of the Germany, Austria and Switzerland region 

LP round up: big name managers win direct lending mandates amid $1.5 billion allocations
Apollo, Ares, Barings and CVC were among the beneficiaries of the direct lending rush in May 

Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies

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

LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates

Credit fundraising: Dubai manager gets in on the act as direct lending takes off
Shuaa launches credit fund in the Gulf as Ares, Contingency, HPS and Perceptive are among those to close billion-plus funds

Credit Rendezvous: sometimes you have to dive deep to find value
Some parts of the credit market are fraught with danger, but that does not mean portfolio managers are avoiding them entirely, according to the Credit Rendezvous, Creditflux's 10-page quarterly report eaturing comments from 15 credit experts

Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close

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.

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 

Barings inks partnership with Mubadala for European mid-market platform
Barings has teamed up with Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company to launch a new European middle market origination platform named Barings Mubadala Enterprise

LP round up: private credit drive gains momentum as Calpers backs Pimco
Private credit continues to be viewed as an attractive investment strategy for institutional investors, with four global allocators outlining new buckets, or increases to the asset class

Credit Rendezvous: record fiscal stimulus provides pick-me-up
Credit markets had a mini bounce-back in the second quarter as central banks poured cash into the economy. But there is great uncertainty about the effects of a second wave of coronavirus. As part of our quarterly report on credit - the Credit Rendezvous - Creditflux spoke to experts across 12 segments of the credit market