AEW and Natixis AM raise another €100 million for real estate debt fund
AEW and Natixis Asset management, both affiliates of Natixis Global Asset Management, have completed a third closing of Senior European Loan Fund II (Self II) following commitments from institutional investors in France, Germany and Italy

London-based Signal raises €725 million for credit and real estate funds
London-based private asset management firm Signal Capital Partners has raised €725 million with an investment strategy targeting credit and real estate special situations

Octopus inks new UK real estate debt fund after raising £115 million
UK property lender Octopus Property today announced a first close of £115m for its Commercial Real Estate Debt Fund II

Real estate advisor hires from CBRE for new structured finance unit
Cushman & Wakefield has launched a debt and structured finance unit in Amsterdam, appointing two specialists from CBRE to the team

Europa hires former Barclays pair as it launches UK real estate debt fund
Europa Capital has launched a UK debt vehicle and appointed two former Barclays specialists as consultants

Axa IM puts money to work in the US as it closes global real estate debt fund
AXA’s real estate investments arm has closed its 10^th commercial real estate senior debt fund after achieving its capped target of €1.5 billion

Schroders debuts its first UK infrastructure debt fund
Schroders has announced the launch of its UK Infrastructure Debt fund, which will target investment from UK pension funds and insurance companies

Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns

Structured credit specialist joins Danish pension fund as its CIO
A Copenhagen-based institution has brought in a structured credit pro fro Sampension to oversee its investment portfolio. Going forward, illiquid credit, including commercial real estate debt, is expected to feature more prominently in the pension fund's portfolio

Time-saving hedge fund platforms stop opportunities evaporating
Lengthy commitment periods and drawn-out negotiations between institutional investors and fund managers could be a thing of the past thanks to a wave of multi-manager hedge fund platforms

Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

Fund platform AMX eyeballs credit funds
Willis Towers Watson’s hedge fund platform has grown to $1.5 billion – and there is space for credit managers  

Värde closes latest fund at $1.7 billion
Credit manager Värde Partners has raised $1.74 billion for its latest fund, Värde Fund XII