Credit markets have become more stable and behave differently – KKR’s Eddie O’Neill
PODCAST: The co-head of global liquid credit at KKR sees opportunities and reasons for optimism after the recent market upheaval, especially in Europe and Asia in the latest "Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee" podcast

Former Platinum Credit MD joins multi-manager platform Schonfeld
Jordan Stevens previously served as a senior credit deal lead for Platinum Equity’s private credit platform

More volatility, more uncertainty and more tailwind for private credit – KKR’s Dan Pietrzak
PODCAST: The new Trump administration in the US has introduced new uncertainty with its preparedness to employ wide-reaching tariffs, and M&A volumes remain depressed, but KKR’s private credit team is busier than it has been in the past few years. 

Apollo poaches BlackRock’s head of APAC private credit
The new hire will start at the end of June to lead Apollo’s hybrid private capital efforts in the Asia Pacific region.  

PAG raises USD 1.25bn for significant risk transfers
The Hong Kong-based alternative asset manager is expecting the SRT market to grow at a 30% to 40% rate annually over the next few years

Macquarie moves forward on entering CLO management business
EXCLUSIVE: The Australian-headquartered firm has hired a top-tier bank to arrange its first US CLO

Fund performance - February 2025
Structured finance leads, but all indices stay positive as 2025 begins

Singapore plans USD 1bn private credit growth fund
The fund will be used to fund local enterprises, the prime minister and minister of finance said

Fund performance - December 2024
CLO funds cap off strong 2024 with yet another good month

Global Private Credit AUM to reach USD 3trn by 2028 - Moody’s
Global private credit AUM is poised to hit USD 3trn by 2028, Moody's predicts, with momentum expected to grow over the next three years

Coller Capital sets up Singapore office and hires Peter Wu
Coller Capital set up a Singapore office and made a new hire, in a push to expand in the Asia Pacific

Fidelity Investments prices new US BSL CLO with AAAs at 131bps
Fidelity Investments, working through its CLO-management subsidiary Ballyrock Investment Advisers, has printed its second new US BSL deal of the year

Fund performance - Emerging markets index takes top spot in solid month for credit overall
September was another positive month for credit funds. In almost every category our indices were positive, and four strategies showed solid average returns of 1% or more. 

Mizuho takes minority stake in Golub, strikes distribution agreement
Mizuho Financial Group has acquired a passive, minority stake in Golub Capital’s management companies as part of a strategic partnership

Temasek raises USD 1.3bn for Asian private credit fund
Temasek's SeaTown Private Credit Fund II, which focuses on performing credit opportunities in the Asian Pacific, has closed

Funds roundup: June 2024
Private credit funds keep getting larger — some reaching billion-dollar status — while demand for niche solutions, such as interval funds and special situations, continues to escalate

Japanese banks and insurers appreciate stability of CLOs and increase investment
Big banks. Regional banks. Life insurers. From one end of the country to the other, Japan is seeing a resurgence of interest in the global CLO market.

Australia’s $4tn retirement funds pour into private credit to capitalise on steady returns
Funds that make up one of the world’s largest pools of cash are allocating to private credit

Norinchukin Bank signals potential increase in CLO allocation, according to research
Japan’s Norinchukin Bank has seemingly signalled it could increase its allocations toward CLOs, according to a research report by Deutsche Bank.

Pengana launches private credit platform aimed at retail investors
Sydney-headquartered money manager Pengana Capital Group has launched a new private credit platform

Indian manager raises nearly INR 25.75bn for credit opportunities fund
A Mumbai-based manager held a final close on its new special sits fund with INR 25.75bn raised

New and old Japanese buyers look to booming CLO market
Japanese investors are ramping up investing in the USD 1.3tr CLO market with new investors looking to enter the space as well as traditional buyers increasing allocations

BlackRock hires from Jefferies to lead private credit push in Southeast Asia
BlackRock continues to build out its private credit teams outside of North America with the addition of a new senior-level hire in Asia

Funds round up: May 2024
The demand for SRT strategies and special situations funds are on the uptick, as is the demand for managers and funds outside of North America. 

Funds round up: April 2024
Allocations to private credit and new fund launches continued to roll out in April, as our monthly round-up confirms