Ares rounds out bumper year for direct lending with $14 billion US fund
Ares Management is ending 2021 with yet another massive direct lending fund-raise

LP round up: CLO fund included in whopping $13 billion of credit allocations in November
Credit took centre stage in November as investors allocated over $13 billion to credit funds in the month, with one pension allocating $50 million for a European CLO risk retention fund 

White Oak deploys 80% of new $1.3 billion non-sponsored direct lending fund
White Oak Global Advisors has closed its latest direct lending fund, White Oak Yield Spectrum Fund V, at over $1.3 billion and recieved a further $1 billion for asset-based lending

Antares names CEO following Brackett's retirement
Antares Capital has named its new chief executive officer, following the retirement of CEO David Brackett effective 31 December

CIFC looks to have another crack at direct lending
CIFC Asset Management is exploring the possibility of building out a direct lending business for a second time, with chief executive officer Steve Vaccaro telling the audience at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium that the firm is looking to broaden its business

Monroe holds $1.3 billion fourth close on US direct lending fund
The fund, which is targeting $1.5 billion, is anticipated to hold a final close above that target before the end of this year

Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns

PennantPark closes levered sleeve of private credit fund at $460 million
PennantPark Investment Advisers has closed the levered sleeve of its fifth comingled fund, PennantPark Senior Credit Fund Levered. Its unlevered sleeve, PennantPark Senior Credit Fund, is due to hold a final close in December

KSL amasses $753 million for fourth travel and leisure credit fund
 KSL Capital Partners Credit Opportunities Fund III had an initial $675 million target and fundraising took ‘less than a year’

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

BC joins forces with ex-Investec official for private equity financing strategy
The new offering will provide flexible capital to private equity funds and managers

Ex-Cerberus and Jefferies officials join FLC to lead new private debt unit
Family Legacy Capital Management, an investment manager for family office, has unveiled a New York-based private credit unit and has brought on former officials from Cerberus and Jefferies to lead the charge

Credit fundraising: three massive European direct lending funds notch up €17.6 bn
Fundraising figures continued upwards in April as just over $24 billion was raised for credit funds, alongside $3.2 worth of allocations to credit managers. Nine funds held final closes including the largest European direct lending fund raised to date

Apollo establishes $1 billion credit secondaries platform
Apollo says it formed the platform to capitalise on the explosive growth of private credit, as well as addressing related liquidity or portfolio needs from underlying investors

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

LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers

Tikehau places €500 million sustainable bond as it plans high yield impact fund
Tikehau Capital has placed an inaugural sustainable bond that it says is the first of its kind for an asset manager

Mid-market CLO manager sells minority stake to Aberdeen Standard division
A $10 billion US mid-market private credit firm has sold a passive minority equity stake to Bonaccord Capital Partners

Hamilton Lane collects nearly $900 million for private credit fund
Hamilton Lane has held a 'nearly $900 million' final close of its sixth private credit fund, Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund VI

Atalaya hits $1 billion hard cap on private credit fund with 10-13% return target
Atalaya Capital Management has hit its $1 billion hard cap on its private credit speciality finance fund, Asset Income Fund V

First Eagle targets $1 billion for direct lending
First Eagle is targeting a $1 billion fundraise for First Eagle Direct Lending Fund V

Golub follows Sixth Street by suing Dyal over Owl Rock merger
Dyal Capital’s merger with Owl Rock faces growing opposition with Golub Capital filing a lawsuit

PennantPark keeps up fundraising pace with new credit opps strategy
PennantPark Investment Advisers has held a final close for its US middle market opportunistic credit strategy, PennantPark Credit Opportunities Fund III

Kennedy Lewis raises $2.1 billion opportunistic credit fund
Kennedy Lewis Investment Management has closed a second middle market opportunistic credit fund at $2.1 billion, more than doubling its initial $1 billion target

Alcentra co-CIO for liquid credit set to leave this month
A high profile figure in the US CLO business is leaving Alcentra