New Mexico pension system allocates USD 200m to specialty finance
The new commitment is the latest in a string of investments in private credit from the New Mexico State Investment Council, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars

Cresset teams up with ORIX's NXT for direct lending partnership
Cresset will provide the capital from its USD 500m private credit fund in exchange for access to NXT's origination machine

HPS closes one of the largest direct lending funds ever
HPS held the final close of its Specialty Loan Fund VI, or SLF VI, together with parallel funds and accounts, having raised USD 21.1bn in investable capital

Ohio pension system allocates USD 100m to private credit
The Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund has approved two new commitments to private credit totalling USD 100m 

Morgan Lewis hires funds formation lawyer in New York
Law firm Morgan Lewis has hired a new private funds Partner in New York from Schulte Roth & Zabel

Crescent Capital shakes up senior-leadership team
Los Angeles-based alternative credit specialist Crescent Capital Group is updating its senior-leadership team with several key promotions

Canadian asset manager lays out plans for new evergreen private credit fund
New fund will launch in partnership with fintech platform iCapital and soon start accepting subscriptions from accredited investors.

Private credit players predict continued growth
The party may not be over in private credit even as the BSL market makes a comeback, according to speakers at this year's Debtwire Private Credit Forum New York

Blue Owl prints middle-market CLO with 5Y RP
Blue Owl Credit Advisors priced a new middle-market CLO Tuesday with the first five year reinvestment periods in a private credit CLO since 2018

Ares receives another USD 100m for its third direct lending fund
Ares Management continues to inch towards its goal of raising USD 10bn for its third senior direct lending fund with a recent commitment from a pension fund.

Massachusetts retirement system seeks manager for senior direct lending strategy
The Quincy retirement system is looking to invest about USD 4m in senior secured debt. 

Stifel and Lord Abbett form joint venture for private credit
SBLA Private Credit is the latest example of investment banks and asset managers teaming up for a slice of the USD 1.7tn private credit market.

MidOcean Partners closes USD 765m opportunistic credit fund
MidOcean's latest direct lending strategy focuses on lending to mid-sized stressed, distressed and dislocated performing businesses.

Comvest aims to become the first debut US manager of the year
Comvest Capital Advisory Services is in the market with its debut CLO: Comvest Credit 2024-1 CLO, a middle-market deal. The deal will make Comvest the first new US CLO manager of 2024. 

SFERS commits another USD 75m to private credit
The San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System's latest commitment to private credit comes in the form of a USD 75m allocation

Crowell & Moring hires funds formation lawyer in New York
Christopher Mendez will serve as senior counsel in the firm's financial services group.

Briarcliffe hires Morgan Stanley alumni
A new executive director has been hired at Briarcliffe Credit Partners, a placement agency that works exclusively with private credit

Guggenheim closes USD 1.2bn private credit vehicle
Guggenheim Investments has closed a USD 1.2bn levered private credit vehicle backed by Apollo

Middle market CLO reset spreads tighten dramatically in new Golub reset
Golub had a busy Friday last week, with a reset of a massive middle-market deal from 2018 showing the tightest such triple A spreads this year

Another US MM CLO reset prices from Deerpath
The reset of the 2021-vintage middle-market Deerpath Capital CLO 2021-1 equalled 2024 tights for this type of deal

StepStone launches private credit interval fund
New evergreen fund from StepStone is available to both individual and institutional investors  

US MM CLO Rankings - May 2024
Our latest rankings for the US MM CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

Iowa-based manager launches new direct lending interval fund
A new direct lending interval fund has been launched with a strategy that focuses on lending to lower and core middle market companies

Golub signs strategic partnership with Nassau Financial Group
The private credit manager announced the partnership with Nassau Financial Group, including an investment of USD 200m in equity into Nassau's insurance arm

Funds round up: May 2024
The demand for SRT strategies and special situations funds are on the uptick, as is the demand for managers and funds outside of North America.