Blue Owl lowers private credit CLO spreads with USD 1bn new issue
Blue Owl has set new post-Liberation Day spread tights for mid-market issues with its latest print, a week after setting the previous low for triple As

US direct lending faces 6% “shadow default rate”—Lincoln
Many private credit managers are offering payment-in-kind options to weaker borrowers, possibly obscuring more widespread pain in the market

BC Partners LPs roll into third unitranche-focused private debt fund
The latest Great Lakes III fund kicked off its investment period and began deploying capital on 1 August, the company said.

SCERS combines public and private credit; Ups target
The overall credit asset class, which includes both liquid and illiquid investments, will now have a target allocation of 9%

Venture debt specialist Horizon expands lending to listed, small cap companies
EXCLUSIVE: Horizon Technology Finance revamps its strategy by merging with Monroe’s other listed BDC and expanding its focus beyond traditional venture lending

MidCap hires MD for asset-based lending originations
The new hire previously worked at Apollo-affiliated equipment finance platform Capteris

Crescent hires two MDs, launches GP financing strategy
The new GP financing solutions strategy will see the firm provide flexible, nondilutive financing options to middle-market private equity managers

Private credit firms lean on origination partners to push into asset-backed lending
The private credit juggernaut keeps trundling on, with firms such as Carlyle and Fortress thrusting into the private asset-backed finance market, which by some estimates could be worth USD 30tn

Core direct lending falls out of favour
As capital flows in and middle market M&A shrinks, private credit managers are looking for new places to invest, said speakers at the Debtwire Private Credit Forum New York

HIG WhiteHorse corrals USD 5.9bn for US direct lending
The latest fund will be used to originate senior-secured loans for both sponsored and non-sponsored corporate borrowers

Coller Capital backs Twin Brook in record USD 3bn private credit continuation vehicle
The continuation vehicle will acquire a diversified portfolio of sponsor-backed, senior direct loans from TPG Twin Brook’s 2016 and 2018 vintage funds

Private credit inflows face uphill battle even as 401(k) doors open
Although US President Trump’s executive order opens defined contribution retirement plans like 401(k)s to private credit investments, a sudden and meaningful rise in inflows is unlikely 

Sponsors push amendments as direct lenders grow receptive – L4CP’s Chuchla
Particularly with vintage-2021 deals, direct lenders are open to amending terms to the looser market standard of today, Lane Four Capital Partners founder Rob Chuchla said

Sound Point scores USD 1.1bn first close for asset-based lending fund
The fund, which expects a final close by the end of the year, has already blown past its USD 1bn total target

Oak Hill Advisors raises USD 3.3bn for senior direct lending
The fund has yet to hold a final close but has already exceeded the fund’s initial target

Presidential order opens private credit access to US retirement investors
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to repeal a regulation that forbids certain US retirement accounts like 401(k)s from adding alternative assets such as private debt

Brookfield raises USD 16bn for credit, plans asset-based finance strategy
The firm is also planning to hold a first close for its infrastructure mezzanine debt fund

CAIS, Solactive launch private credit index
The index can be used by wealth advisors to benchmark the performance of private BDCs

Manulife to acquire Comvest, creating USD 18.4bn private credit platform
Manulife, through its global wealth and asset management business, will acquire a 75% stake in the private credit manager

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending debuts inaugural private credit CLO
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund, a business development company, has launched its first private credit CLO 

PGIM looks to build private credit secondaries strategy
EXCLUSIVE: The insurer-linked asset manager already has secondaries capabilities through the acquisition of Montana Capital Partners in 2021

Apollo looks elsewhere, saying CLOs suffer from commoditization
The alternative asset manager said CLOs have tightened to levels that are unsustainable

Generali Investments backs new asset-based finance strategy
Generali-affiliated Aperture Investors also hired a new global head of asset-based finance

Citi hires head of private credit originations in North America 
The new hire joins from Ares Management and will start in October

OrbiMed raises USD 1.86bn for healthcare, royalty financing
The firm will target growing healthcare companies and provide non-dilutive credit options