Schroders and Oaktree launch global credit ucits fund
Schroders has partnered with Oaktree Capital Management to launch a global multi-strategy credit fund, Schroder GAIA Oaktree Credit fund, which will sit within Schroders' alternatives ucits platform

DWS and Tikehau target UK pensions with multi-strategy credit fund
The new fund will invest in CLOs, ABS, private debt, leveraged loans, infrastructure debt and real estate debt

Prytania and Scio strike partnership with UK SME lender
SME Capital has formed a funding partnership with London-based fund managers Prytania Asset Management and Scio Capital

Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds

Credit funds at a glance (May 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit 

Permira's credit CIO Kyriakoudis to retire by end of year
Permira Credit’s former chief investment officer Thomas Kyriakoudis will retire from the firm at the end of the year to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities

Carlyle senior credit investor joins fintech firm as CFO
An experienced credit investment professional at the Carlyle Group has moved to become chief financial officer at fintech company NoviCap

Lord Abbett prepares special situations interval fund
Lord Abbett is preparing to launch a new special situations fund in the form of an interval fund

Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress 

Permira promotes five in credit team to MD including head of structured credit
Permira Debt Managers has promoted five members of its credit team to managing directors 

Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. 

Black Diamond structured credit BD head joins impact investment firm
Black Diamond Capital Management's head of structured credit business development has parted ways with the firm after nearly four years, according to market sources. He is set to join start-up impact investment firm Lafayette Square as managing director and head of capital markets

Credit funds at a glance (April 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Ucits at a glance: Advent and Algebris lead the pack again
Ucits funds saw the brighter side of February, as 80% of funds achieved a positive return

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

DE Shaw amasses $1 billion for stressed and distressed assets
The fund will invest in stressed and distressed assets, financings, and special situations opportunities

Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers 

Tikehau hires Germany head for new Frankfurt office to target region’s ‘untapped potential'
Tikehau Capital has expanded its European footprint by opening a new Frankfurt office, and has has hired a new head of Germany

Credit funds at a glance (March 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
New year, same funds leading the way with CLO strategies the top performers in January

Ucits at a glance: CIFC nears positive 12-month returns
Ucits funds have started 2021 on a quiet note as 72% of funds achieved a positive return

Credit hedge funds (March 2021)
Monthly credit hedge fund tables

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

Credit funds at a glance (February 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Fund performance: CLO funds keep up momentum as Napier Park finishes top
2020 ended with funds in our CLOs category taking the top few spots