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. 

Paul Hastings taps nine attorneys from King & Spalding team
Paul Hastings has upped the ante on its expansion plans in the world of private credit and restructuring by hiring nine seasoned attorneys from King & Spalding

Carlyle gets tightest middle-market reset senior spreads of 2024
Carlyle has reset its Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2015-1R, a 2015 vintage with an unusual history, with the tightest senior spread in a middle-market reset this year

Sagard targets North American middle market opportunities with new senior lending fund - partner
Sagard, a Power Corporation of Canada alternative asset investment platform, will provide first-lien financing to lower middle market and middle market US and Canadian companies

GSAM raises USD 21bn for large-cap private credit
Goldman Sachs Alternatives announced on Wednesday that it had raised more than USD 20bn for large-cap private credit investments

Sycamore Tree hires Mizzen Capital’s Head of Business Development
Sycamore Tree has expanded its business development team with the addition of an ex-Mizzen Capital industry veteran

Dechert hires Fried Frank private credit lawyer
Dechert has hired a private credit and funds formation expert as a partner in the firm's financial services practice group

Montana Board of Investments makes USD 75m commitment to private credit
The Montana Board of Investments has allocated USD 75m to a San Francisco-based direct lending fund

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

Private credit veteran returns to Barings
Barings is rebuilding its private credit team with the return of a veteran private credit alumni as a managing director in its global private finance group

Audax sees senior spreads come in 30bps in 3 months as new MM CLO prices
Audax Senior Debt, the senior debt direct lending arm of Audax Private Debt, has priced its second new middle-market CLO of the year

CLOs and Private Credit can learn to coexist, conference hears
A discussion led by Debtwire's Head of Leveraged Loans Jelena Cvejic, brought together an audience of lawyers, CLO managers and private credit players to hear about the battle between the two. 

Major banks embrace private credit partnerships as they target non‑traditional lending
PNC Financial Services Group and TCW Group are the latest to team up to launch a private credit platform, as non-traditional bank lending continues to attract established banks.

Alliance Bernstein grows alternatives business
AllianceBernstein continues to expand its alternatives business with the launch of a new BDC, as well as a further push into strategies such as energy transition, asset-based lending and opportunistic credit

Silver Point prices new middle-market deal
Silver Point Capital on Wednesday priced Silver Point SCF CLO III, a new US middle-market deal

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

Higher interest rates have caused more private credit downgrades, new report says
The lagging impact of higher interest rates is resulting in a sizeable uptick in private credit downgrades, according to a new report from KBRA

Raymond James and Eldridge Industries launch private credit platform
Raymond James and Eldridge Industries are the lastest additions to the growing list of traditional banks and asset managers teaming up to expand their private credit platforms

New York pension system makes USD 500m commitment to credit secondaries
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has revealed its latest allocations in its March monthly transaction report, and private credit was one of the big winners

2020 vintage MM CLO gets a reset
PennantPark has priced its third middle-market CLO offering of 2024, a reset of a 2020-vintage CLO that was the manager’s second transaction

Apollo raises funds for special sits
Apollo Management has pushed ahead with its plans to raise funds for the second iteration of its credit special situations fund

Colbeck Capital hires new head of originations
Middle market manager Colbeck Capital Management has hired a new managing director and head of originations

Former Capital Dynamics' employees launch Camberline Capital Management
A former Capital Dynamics managing partner has launched Camberline Capital Management in New York, a boutique investment firm, will specialize in private credit

Golub raises USD 2bn for sixth credit opportunities fund
Golub Capital has held the final close of the sixth vintage of its credit opportunities fund, raising USD 2bn

Man Group hires new senior managing director for private credit business
Man Group has hired a New York-based senior managing director to lead the firm's client engagement and strategic efforts in private credit and direct lending