LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

LP round up: Magnetar and Värde among winners as $3 billion flows to credit
Institutional investors allocated at least $3 billion to credit funds in August

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus...

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $300 million for strategic credit and Arcmont eyes fund four
US investors allocated nearly $1.5 billion to credit funds in May, with managers to win mandates including: 400, Accel-KKR, Advent, Arcmont, ArrowMark, Comvest, Edelweiss, Francsico, Oak Hill, Sixth Street and Sprott

EIF back's Irish direct lender's €335 million fund
The European Investment Fund has made its first 'diversified' debt fund investment in Ireland after allocating €70 million to DunPort Capital Management’s Oak Corporate Credit DAC

LP round up: Apollo and Silver Rock win over $1 billion as pensions plough into private debt
Institutional investors allocated at least $2 billion to credit funds in April, according to Creditflux data, with Apollo and Silver Rock emerging as big winners

US pension seeks private debt managers for up to $600 million allocations
Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System is seeking multi-strategy private debt managers for its 2022 allocations

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds

Boston has more than a feeling for private credit as pension issues RFP
Boston Retirement System is seeking private credit managers to manage around $60 million

LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate

Pennsylvania pension reveals $500 million in commitments to three private credit funds
Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement has revealed three private credit commitments as part of $1.1 billion in allocations to its alternatives bucket

BlueBay launches Article 8 multi-asset credit fund with Lloyds of London backing
The Article 8 fund will invest in high yield, bank loans, financial capital bonds, structured credit, convertible bonds, emerging markets and developed market investment grade

Real estate manager wins $50 million debt mandate from 'Hong Kong insurer'
Patrizia has secured a $50 million commitment from a Hong Kong insurer to invest in real estate debt

Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

New York pension favours credit as it pumps $1.1 billion into tech, loans and distressed
New York State Common Retirement Fund has splurged over $1 billion in credit, topping allocations it made in equities and real estate

UK pension readies £1.3 billion listed alternatives fund
The fund will provide liquid access to infrastructure, specialist real estate, private equity and alternative credit

Manager wins £1.7 billion IG credit mandate from UK's St James’s Place
The UK wealth manager has awarded a £1.7 billion ($2.28 billion) global invevstment grade credit mandate

HPS closes $15.4 billion direct lending fund as deployment hits 60%
HPS Investment Partners has closed its fifth direct lending fund with $11.7 billion of investor commitments. Creditflux understands this is nearly double its $6 billion original hard-cap

Credit manager beats 25 to win £2.1 billion corporate bond mandate
UK pension pool Brunel Pension Partnership has selected a credit manager to manage its £2.1 billion ($2.9 billion) sterling corporate bond sub-fund

RBC hires ex-Citi structured credit sales head for alternatives push
RBC Capital Markets has hired Citi's former European structured credit sales head to lead its European alternatives and private capital solutions effort

Pemberton seeks partners for private debt strategies
Pemberton Asset Management is seeking to build long-term private debt partnerships with wealth and asset managers through its Pemberton Wealth & Asset Management Solutions initiative

Manager targets $450 million for global CLO fund
A New York pension has backed the fund, which will invest in CLO debt and equity tranches and is said to have held a first close in Q1

Managers offer solutions for underfunded pensions
Credit managers are tapping UK defined benefit pensions that are battling negative cashflows