GSO launches new energy fund and picks up $75 million from US pension
The GSO Energy Select Opportunities Fund II is understood to be targeting $5 billion and has already been chosen by a Louisiana pension fund for a $75 million commitment

New Mexico investment council approves commitment to Silver Point strategy
Special situations credit firm Silver Point is set to receive $100 million from a US state investment fund for its latest distressed credit stratregy

New Barings vehicle wins $60 million from an Ohio pension fund
SERS has committed $60 million to Barings for its third special situation credit fund, according to documentation seen by Creditflux

Minnesota pension fund looks to commit $535 million to 'private credit'
Minnesota State Board of Investments has recommended investments worth $535 million to private credit, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

Texas pension fund re-ups commitment to opportunistic credit fund
Texas County & District Retirement System has further allocated $50 million to Beach Point Capital Management, according to documents seen by Creditflux

Massachusetts pension fund awards $275 million to credit managers
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM) has mandated up to $275 million to private credit funds, according to board documents seen by Creditflux

Manager edges closer to its $3 billion hard cap on credit fund
A California pension fund has approved a commitment for up to $30 million in a credit and distressed debt fund

Pennsylvania pension fund to invest $150 million in TPG credit strategy
The Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System has confirmed it will invest $150 million in TSSP Adjacent Opportunities Partners, a business of Fort Worth and San Fracisco-based TPG Sixth Street Partners

Pimco fund edges closer to $5 billion hard cap with new pension fund injection
Pimco's special situations fund, already above $3 billion, has picked up fresh inflows from a Pennsylvania pension fund

Asian airline operator approves $30 million ticket for new CarVal credit fund
US credit strategies continue to attract capital from Asian investors with CarVal Investors the latest asset manager to distribute a fund in the continent

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

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%

New York pension gets behind CLO manager's risk retention vehicle
The New York State Common Retirement Fund invested $450m in two credit funds in July, documents seen by Creditflux reveal

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

US pension fund agrees $200 million investment in new GSO distressed fund
GSO Capital Partners has got off to a strong start as it markets a new distressed debt fund. There are signs that the multi-billion offering is being sold in South Korea

Credit manager wins $200 million mandate from Texas pension fund
A west coast asset manager will be responsible for a separate account which will invest opportunistically across the credit market

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

West coast pension fund boosts its allocation to Halcyon’s credit business
A major west coast pension allocator to credit has moved to increase its allocation to Halcyon Capital Management after separate account generated 35% return in 2016

Emerging markets specialist Gramercy launches new private debt fund
Gramercy Funds Management has launched a new debt fund, according to regulatory filings

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

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

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 

Pension fund allocates $25 million to Oaktree for distressed debt
Oaktree has earned $25 million for a forthcoming distressed debt fund

Manager wins $50 million from endowment for new distressed fund
A New York-based manager has got off to a strong start as it begins marketing its fourth distressed debt fund

Leading credit investor puts $50 million into distressed debt
One of 2014's biggest credit allocators has put another $50 million into the space.