Francisco Partners closes USD 3.3bn opportunistic credit
Francisco Partners has raised an opportunistic credit fund that exceeded its 2.3bn target

Global Private Credit AUM to reach USD 3trn by 2028 - Moody’s
Global private credit AUM is poised to hit USD 3trn by 2028, Moody's predicts, with momentum expected to grow over the next three years

Middle market private credit default climb significantly to 4.7% – Proskauer
The US direct lending market saw a big increase in middle market defaults in the fourth quarter of 2024

Connecticut pensions earmark USD 1.85bn for private credit in 2025
The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, a combination of six state pension funds and 12 state trust funds, plans to increase private credit allocation this year

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

Thoma Bravo raises USD 3.6bn for tech and software credit fund
Thoma Bravo has raised USD 3.6bn for its latest software and technology focused credit fund, the firm’s largest credit pool of capital ever

Coller Capital sets up Singapore office and hires Peter Wu
Coller Capital set up a Singapore office and made a new hire, in a push to expand in the Asia Pacific

Mega direct lenders break records despite sluggish fundraising cycle
The new year kicked off with Ares Management showcasing the largest ever fundraise for a European direct lending strategy, suggesting that investors are preferring to pile into the largest private credit managers

Generali subsidiary Conning to acquire MGG Investment Group
Conning & Company will acquire a majority stake in US direct lending firm MGG Investment Group

Stonepeak completes purchase of lower middle market tech lender
Stonepeak has closed its acquisition of middle market lender Boundary Street Capital to expand its credit footprint

BlackRock envisions private credit in retirement accounts
BlackRock seeks to be a pioneer in bringing alternative investments such as private credit to the retirement channel.

Goldman’s head of private credit’s Olafson jumps to BDT & MSD
BDT & MSD Partners has hired Greg Olafson, formerly global head of private credit at Goldman Sachs’ asset management arm

Colbeck closes USD 700m fund for unsponsored direct lending
Colbeck Capital Management has raised USD 700m to invest in senior secured loans to unsponsored, middle market companies

Ares raises EUR 30bn for European direct lending, hits hard cap
Ares Management has raised EUR 30bn for its latest European direct lending strategy and held a close for the latest fund

BMO strikes partnership with firm founded by ex-CBAM’s Young and Damaso
BMO and Canal Road Group have struck a direct lending partnership that includes BMO taking a minority stake in the asset management company and investing up to USD 1bn 

Ramirez Asset Management acquires private credit team from Avenue Capital Group
Ramirez Asset Managemen has acquired a private credit opportunities strategy team from Avenue Capital Group

Goldman Sachs launches capital solutions group for banking clients
Goldman Sachs is combining its financing, origination, structuring and risk management solution activities in global banking, and also named Vivek Bantwal as co-head of global private credit

AllianzGI raises EUR 1.5bn for credit secondaries
Allianz Global Investors has held a EUR 1.5bn final close for its global private debt secondaries fund, surpassing its EUR 500m target

Blue Owl raises more than USD 2bn for evergreen direct lending strategy
Blue Owl has raised more than USD 2bn for its sophomore direct lending fund that focuses on senior, first-lien loans

Ares adds alternative credit co-head in promotion
Ares Management has promoted Kevin Alexander to co-head of alternative credit alongside co-heads Keith Ashton and Joel Holsinger

Northwestern Mutual deal points to extended insurer-private credit manager honeymoon
The romance between insurance companies and private credit managers remains strong as Northwestern Mutual and Sixth Street become the latest to strike a partnership 

SC Lowy winds down liquid credit fund in private credit pivot
SC Lowy plans to wind down its open-ended liquid credit fund and launch a new interval fund for private credit investments

ICG hires Sixth Street alum Grandjean for pan-European private credit
ICG has hired Pierre Grandjean, who most recently was at Sixth Street in specialty lending, to join its European direct lending team, Senior Debt Partners

Sixth Street to invest USD 13bn for Northwestern Mutual
Sixth Street and Northwestern Mutual have struck a deal that gives Sixth Street USD 13bn of the insurer’s assets to invest across its private capital strategies

Private credit manager Czech splits from Voya after two years
Czech Asset Management, a US private credit manager with around USD 5.5bn in assets under management, will separate from parent company Voya Investment Management