Orlando pension fund ups its private debt allocation
The Orlando Police Pension Fund is set to increase its target allocation for private credit by 2%, documents seen by Creditflux reveal

Los Angeles pension fund considers investing in CLOs
A large LA pension fund wants to boost returns from its fixed income portfolio and has set its sights on CLOs and private debt

New Mexico council allocates $100 million each to four credit-focused funds
The New Mexico Investment Council is poised to invest in an HPS Investment Partners loan fund and boost its investments in three credit-focused funds

New Jersey pension to invest $200 million with boutique private debt manager
The New Jersey State Investment Council is poised to invest in a private debt fund run by Chatham Asset Management

Large insurers staff up for major expansion into direct lending
Large insurance companies are looking to take on the heavy-lifting of direct lending themselves 

East coast pension fund commits $50 million to Carlyle private credit fund
The New Hampshire Retirement System has committed to invest $100 million to Carlyle Group, including $50 million to a private credit fund

Catholic fraternity puts its faith in Audax for private debt partnership
New York-based Audax Management Company and New Haven-based Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors have partnered together on a private debt fund that has raised almost $123 million in a year

Local Pensions Partnership looks to go direct with £1.3 billion credit fund
The Local Pensions Partnership (LPP), which runs the pension schemes of two separate UK local government areas, has announced the launch of a £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) credit fund

Kentucky pension funds invest $150 million in two US managers
Kentucky Retirement Systems has agreed to invest $150 million in private credit assets with two US asset managers, and has hired a new consultant to advise on asset allocation

US pension fund eyes private credit and increases credit allocation by 2%
A Pennsylvania pension fund is expected to up its target credit allocation and decreased its target allocations to private markets and real estate

Canadian pension giant makes big hire for new European direct lending unit
Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) has made its move into European direct lending

Illinois pension fund to invest in new NXT and Riverstone credit funds
An Illinois pension fund is set to invest $125 million with NXT Capital and $100 million with Riverstone Credit Partners as it ups its income allocation target by 1%

Devon pension fund hires two firms and creates £150 million private credit bucket
A Devon pension fund is set to introduce a 3% allocation to the private debt asset class.

Arizona retirement trust ups its private debt allocation by $75 million
The Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) is set to up its private debt allocation, committing up to $75 million to a New York-based manager.

Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns

New Ares strategy points to euro direct lending SMA with US pension fund
Ares Management has registered a vehicle known as Ares European Credit Strategies VII, in what is believed to be a separately managed account geared towards direct lending

CDPQ joins the private credit rush with senior hire in New York
O Canada - you're quickly becoming home of the private credit market. We list the key people flows over the last two years as pension funds in North America become ingrained in private credit

Ohio pension fund hires restaurant-focused direct lender
Ohio-based pension fund adopts a new private credit allocation after hiring its sixth private credit manager

Michigan pension goes back for more of manager's direct lending fund
The State of Michigan Retirement Systems made a secondary purchase of a US direct lending fund

US pension fund turns to mid-market credit to diversify in fixed income
The Westfield Retirement System  is looking for a mid market manager to oversee a new $10 million fixed income strategy

Arizona pension fund eyes $50 million investment in upcoming debt fund
A US pension fund is considering a $50 million allocation to a mortgage lending fund which is slated to reach $150 million

Mid-west pension fund approves credit allocations to KKR and Avenue
A mid-west pension fund has upped its allocation to KKR’s latest direct lending strategy

Texas pension fund stocks up on direct lending with $675 million allocation
A US pension fund is clearly a big fan of direct lending strategies having hired two managers. It has now committed $1.2 billion to direct lenders this year

US pension grants $200 million to private credit
A west coast pension fund plans to increase more than five-fold its exposure to US direct lending

US pension fund’s private credit search leads it to Alcentra
The pension fund for a major US city has chosen to invest in a fund managed by Alcentra after carrying out its first search for a private credit manager