London specialist lender names head of underwriting
Iron Bridge Finance, a property development direct lender, has announced the appointment of Gareth Ward as head of underwriting

Axa IM looks to increase credit product offerings in the upcoming year
Axa Investment Managers (AXA IM) is looking to further build on its credit business, offering total return credit products as well as structured finance and real assets, in 2018

Real estate lending gains €700 million in six months for Paris-based direct lender
French alternative investments manager Acofi Gestion has raised €700 million of AUM for commercial real estate lending since July 2017

Three Swiss banks team up to launch new private market fund platform
New investment boutique Hermance Capital Partners will focus on private equity, private debt and private real estate

Real estate credit manager Terra Capital forms partnership with Axar
Real estate credit manager Terra Capital Partners has formed a strategic partnership agreement with Axar Capital Management, the firms have announced

Fulcrum hires director for newly created alternatives group
Fulcrum Asset Management hires Mark Horne as director within its newly created alternative strategies team, the firm announced yesterday

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches global private markets fund
Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched a £138 million Global Private Markets Fund (GPMF), which will invest in a diversified mix of private credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure

BNPP AM establishes two new private debt strategies
BNP Paribas Asset Management establishes two new private debt strategies: European Infra Debt and European Real Estate Debt

London real estate manager launches £500 million debt fund
Specialist real estate debt manager Laxfield Group has launched its latest real estate debt fund, securing £500 million of institutional capital commitments

TPG's Questa joins London-based direct lender as managing director
Stefano Questa, formerly managing director at TPG, has joined European credit platform Hayfin Capital 

Goldman closes third real estate credit fund with $6.7 billion in total capital
Goldman Sachs has completed its final close for its latest real estate credit investment vehicle, which has $6.7 billion in total capital available to invest including leverage

LGIM hires three to private credit team
Legal and General Investment Management Real Assets (LGIM) has announced three senior hires to its private credit business 

Carlyle, ICG and Oaktree earn approvals as Chile's first alternatives managers
The news follows recent reforms to Chile’s Pension Fund Law allowing pension fund administrators to invest directly in alternative asset managers

Northern Trust hires alternatives sales manager in London
Chicago-based Northern Trust has announced a new London-based hire, who will be tasked with spearheading sales across the alternatives fund sectors in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

Financial advisory firm taps former Capita professional to lead new funds unit
Financial advisory services firm Highvern Trustees has announced plans to launch a new funds business, and has hired a former Capita Asset Services professional to lead it

Manager hits £600 million hard cap for third real estate debt fund
London-based DRC Capital has closed its third real estate fund at £600 million ($802 million), hitting its hard cap and surpassing its target of £500 million 

RBS managing director joins global real estate advisor in London
The firm has named London-based Paul Coates as its new executive director and head of debt and structured finance EMEA

Standard Life’s $13 billion MyFolio moves towards global corporate bonds
MyFolio, a fund-of-funds investment solution, has introduced global corporate bonds and short-dated global corporate bonds to its fund range

Chicago-based firm closes debt fund with over $1 billion raised
LaSalle Investment Management has announced the final close of its third debt strategies fund with over £800 million ($1 billion) in commitments

Santander appoints former UBS official as infrastructure debt advisory chief
Santander has appointed a new head of European infrastructure debt advisory

Amundi raises €665 million loan fund and expands in real estate debt
Paris-based Amundi reveals the final close of its third senior corporate debt fund and expansion of its real estate platform

Aberdeen Standard holds first close on secured credit fund at £350 million
Aberdeen Standard Investments is looking to invest in real estate debt, infrastructure debt and other types of private credit

Apollo teams up with Palmira to launch €1 billion joint venture
A new joint venture from Palmira Capital Partners and the Apollo European Principal Finance Fund III seeks to invest more than €1 billion in pan-European modern logistics facilities

Bain takes new route to NPL acquisitions as it strikes deal with Liberbank
Bain, Oceanwood and Liberbank are taking part in an unusual NPL deal referencing €602 million of assets