US pension fund eyes $50 million real estate debt allocation
A US pension fund is set to discuss an investment in a real estate debt fund which targets 16% returns.

Pension fund puts $200 million into ex-Lehman trader’s credit hedge fund
Pennsylvania''s teachers' pension body has agreed to put $200 million into a new structured credit fund which will invest in RMBS, CMBS and CDOs

Manager targets $1.5 billion for upcoming special situations fund
A firm which was founded by officials that previously held senior roles at Apollo, KKR and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, is planning its second distressed fund

Pension fund allocates $80 million to new distressed credit fund
A US pension fund has agreed to put $80 million to a large manager's new distressed offering

New England pension fund allocates to direct lending and distressed debt
Direct lending is proving to be an attractive proposition for US pension funds. One such investor has recently awarded contracts to two direct lending managers

US pension fund hires Ares and Monroe in private credit push
A US pension fund that has been pushing into direct lending has recently committed to private credit strategies run by Ares Management and Monroe Capital.

London-based direct lender earns €35 million for new fund
A direct lending firm has been granted €35 million from a US endowment fund

Large US pension fund allocates to Centerbridge and GSO
A US pension fund has put a total of $125 million into distressed debt and energy credit funds

Los Angeles pension fund eyes $350 million splurge on hedge funds
A large US pension fund is looking to give its existing fund of hedge fund managers a total of $350 million to invest

Large distressed debt manager earns US pension support for new fund
A New York-based distressed specialist has earnt $100 million for a new special opportinities credit fund

US pension fund looks overseas to continue direct lending push
A US pension fund which has been a big supporter of direct lending has indicated that it still has the capacity to put “several hundred million” into this area as it turns its attentions to the non-US market

Pension fund hires GoldenTree for $300 million distressed strategy
GoldenTree has won a mandate to invest in distressed debt for a large US pension fund

Dallas pension fund identifies 14 managers for opportunistic credit mandate
Brigade, Oaktree and Symphony are among the contenders for a pension fund's opportunistic credit mandate

UK endowment fund assigns global high yield mandate to Kames
One of the UK's largest endowmnent funds has hired Kames for global high yield

Distressed manager wins $15 million from pension fund for new strategy
Having just launched its fourth fund, a Toronto-based manager has made a rapid return to the market with fund five

Asset-based lender swoops to pick up $50 million for new fund
A New York-based direct lender has been given a boost as it prepares its next credit fund

Babson and BlueBay win support for new credit funds
Two large credit funds have earned support from a US pension fund for distressed debt and direct lending 

US manager wins $50 million for new direct lending fund
A credit hedge fund manager known for its investments in distressed credit has won support from a pension fund for a new direct lending strategy

Lights go out on pension fund's $50 million partnership with Aurora
A US pension fund has terminated a partnership it had struck with an asset manager after just seven months

Pension fund hires leading names for structured credit and direct lending
A US pension fund is putting $800 million into two of the credit market's hottest strategies: structured credit and direct lending

US pension fund backs Cerberus as part of $750 million credit push
A US investor has allocated large sums to two credit managers for distressed debt and direct lending strategies 

Pension fund turns to Guggenheim for $185 million high yield mandate
Guggenheim Partners is on course to win a $185 million global high yield mandate from a pension fund which is looking to divide its credit book into single-strategy components

US pension fund looks to rejig Western Asset's bond mandate
In anticipation of a rise in interest rates, one pension fund is looking to scrap a benchmarked-bond mandate run by Western Asset in favour of an unconstrained approach to bond management 

BlueBay earns US investor support for upcoming direct lending fund
BlueBay Asset Management has won $40 million for its new direct lending fund

US pension fund aims to put $20 million into a commingled credit fund
Fund managers must have a five-year track record in opportunistic credit - separately managed accounts will not be considered