Allianz gears up to launch European credit impact investing fund
Allianz Global Investors filed regulatory documents in Luxembourg this week for a new impact investing fund, the latest in a string of similar strategies

Schroders Capital adds two senior members to private debt and credit alternatives platform
Schroders has made two senior-level hires following last fall's consolidation of its debt and alternative credit strategies onto a single platform

Texas pension system commits USD 100m to direct lending
The Texas County & District Retirement System recently allocated USD 100m to a direct lending fund at its 1 April meeting

San Francisco pension system continues to invest in private credit
The board of the San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System has allocated USD 75m to a credit special situations fund  

DWS head of direct lending departs
Marcus Herbig, head of direct lending at DWS, has left the firm, according to people familiar with the matter

Louisiana pension system allocates to private credit
The Louisiana Teachers’ Retirement System has recently made a fresh round of commitments to alternative funds, including to private credit.

Chicago pension system allocates USD 40m to private credit
The Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago approved two commitments to private credit totaling USD 40m at its 24 January meeting

Ares launches third vintage of senior direct lending fund
Ares Management recently filed regulatory documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the Ares Sr Direct Lending III Access Parallel

Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors

Akin hires Paul Hastings lawyer for private credit practice
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld continues to expand its special situations and private credit practice with the hire of a new partner in the group

Barings shrugs off team liftout with new private credit deal
Barings is putting up a fight in the private credit market despite the dramatic loss of 20 members, acting as lead agent on a new private credit deal

New Mexico sovereign wealth fund pumps an additional USD 450m into private credit
The New Mexico State Investment Council latest commitments to private credit total up to USD 450m, spread across three managers

Blackstone partners with Finland's S-Bank for European private credit fund
Blackstone has partnered with Finnish S-Bank, making it possible for individual investors in Finland to tap into the European private credit market

Monroe Capital expands in Middle East with new hire and Abu Dhabi office
Monroe Capital has hired Waleed Noor as managing director and head of Middle East distribution, as private credit funds continue to target LPs in the region

BlackRock names new head of private credit for India
BlackRock's Maheshwar Nataraj gets a promotion as Dhruva Agarwal departs. 

Apollo launches new BDC backed by Mubadala
Apollo has created a new private BDC that will invest money from Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company, in addition to other institutional investors.

Akin Gump hires Paul Hastings partner for private credit practice
The New York-based partner will join the growing special situations and private credit practice.

Equity piles up in European direct lending portfolios after debt swaps
European debt funds have fully or partially equitised at least 61 loans provided to companies backed by some of the biggest names in private equity since 2018, analysis by Debtwire shows.

Nomura-backed Corinthia lifts private credit team from Barings
More than 20 members of the global private credit team at Barings have jumped ship and joined Corinthia Global Management, a new platform backed by Nomura Holdings

Ninety One launches infrastructure credit fund aimed at South African market
Asset manager Ninety One has launched the Ninety One SA Infrastructure Credit Fund, focused on the South African market

Sidley hires Paul Hastings' partner
Sidley Austin has added a new partner in the law firm's global finance practice, representing direct lenders, private credit funds and banks

Carlyle's head of direct lending departs
Carlyle's Head of Direct Lending has left the firm to pursue other opportunities, according to a company memo

Funds round-up: Feb-2024 - managers turn to European wealth
European private credit managers turn to the wealthy in our roundup of notable fundraising in February 2024. 

Tikehau teams up with Singapore-based UOB-Kay Hian for Asian private credit fund
Paris-headquartered Tikehau Capital is the latest player to reveal plans to strengthen its footprint in the fast-growing Asian private credit market by way of a partnership with Singapore-based brokerage firm UOB-Kay Hian