Sound Point confirms buy-out of CVC's US direct lending business
Sound Point Capital Management has bought CVC’s US direct lending business, the pair have confirmed. The deal will add $1 billion of assets to Sound Point’s $25 billion platform and includes nine investment professionals

Sound Point strikes deal to buy CVC's US direct lending business: WSJ
Sound Point Capital Management has agreed to buy CVC’s $1.5 billion US direct lending arm as part of a push into private credit 

Audax closes fifth junior debt fund at $1.9 billion
Audax Mezzanine Fund V will provide junior capital investments in private equity-backed middle market companies

Jefferies Credit poaches senior RBC pair for direct lending business
Jefferies Credit Partners has expanded its middle direct lending business with two senior hires

Toronto-based Whitehorse Liquidity hits $4 billion hard cap on liquidity solutions fund
Whitehorse Liquidity Partners Fund IV provides liquidity solutions to private equity-style fund investors and managers

Cerberus racks up $4.4 billion for US direct lending strategy
Cerberus Capital Management has held a final close of its latest US mid-market direct lending fund, Cerberus Levered Loan Opportunities Fund IV 

Ex-Highland official launches private credit placement agent firm for niche strategies
The former partner and chief executive officer at global placement agent FirstAvenue Americas, has launched his own placement agent named Briarcliffe Credit Partners

LP round up: pensions plan private credit pacing as strategic credit takes on "midfield" role
US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree, according to recent board documents seen by Creditflux. Meanwhile a pension fund draws parallels between strategic credit and Jordan Henderson

Owl Rock hires in London for investor relations push
Owl Rock Capital, a New York headquartered manager, has made a senior hire to help build its investor base across the Atlantic 

LP round up: Monroe and Angelo Gordon beat 25 for direct lending mandate, as private credit plans brew
US public pension funds have disclosed $1.2 billion in commitments to credit focused strategies

Manager shrinks in distressed and explores US direct lending sale: Debtwire
A global asset manager has a fresh set of priorities for its global credit platform with distressed debt and US direct lending moving down the pecking order

Antares names loan head successor following retirement
Peter Nolan, head of loan syndicate, sales and trading at Antares Capital is set to retire from the $27 billion firm

Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close

HPS closes mezzanine debt fund with $11 billion to deploy
New York-based manager HPS has held a final close on HPS Mezzanine Partners 2019

LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

Ex Apollo veteran launches mid market firm with $350 million seed capital
A credit veteran, perhaps best known for co-founding Apollo's CLO platforn, has set up a new middle market credit firm named FrontWell Capital Partners. The Toronto-headquartered firm starts operations with seed capital of $350 million

Castlelake targets $750 million for add-on to fifth distressed fund
Castlelake has launched an add=on vehicle to its fifth distressed flagship fund in order to take advantage of opportunities that have resulted due to the covid-19-related market dislocation, according to documents seen by Creditflux

GSO reaches $7 billion for real estate debt fund
GSO’s latest real estate debt fund pulled in $2.1 billion across the second quarter and the vehicle’s AUM has now reached around $7 billion, according to Blackstone president and chief operating officer Jonathan Gray

Owl Rock names heads of credit and non-tech underwriting
Owl Rock Capital Partners has promoted two officials - one to a newly created role as head of credit and the other to head of non-tech underwriting

Fiera rolls out private credit strategy with recent hires leading charge
Fiera Comox, an affiliate of Fiera Capital Corporation, has launched a new global mid-market private credit strategy

LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

SkyBridge generates best returns since inception with 75% credit exposure
SkyBridge Capital, the fund of hedge funds manager run by ex-White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, claims its Skybridge G II Fund has generated the best monthly and quarterly returns since inception. It will also cut its 25% tender offer frequency from quarterly to semi-annual

Charlesbank hits $750 million hard cap on opportunistic credit fund
Charlesbank Capital Partners has wrapped up fundraising for its second credit fund offering, Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II 

Golding holds first close for private debt vehicle
Munich-headquartered fund-of-funds manager Golding Capital Partners has held a first close on almost €200 million for its private debt fund Golding Private Debt 2020

LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux