Canadian giant PSP to deploy CAD 6bn to IG private credit
EXCLUSIVE: The allocation will focus on investment grade opportunities across infrastructure, asset-backed and structured debt financing

Energy, not software, will drive the next decade – Apollo's John Zito
Private credit is poised to fund those necessary investments in energy and power and help large companies diversify their capital sources

BNP Paribas partners with Scottish Widows, bringing private credit to retirement channel
BNP Paribas Asset Management will manage a diversified private credit portfolio for Scottish Widows’ new UK retirement product

KKR establishes dedicated Middle East investment team
The alternative investment manager has also tapped US General David Petraeus to serve as chairman of the region

Starwood prices its first infra CLO for the year
The deal is the second infrastructure-focused transaction of 2025, following DWS’ RIN XII last month

DWS prints the first infrastructure CLO of 2025
The latest deal in the RIN series is the first infrastructure-focused CLO this year

MUFG, DWS financing venture starts with project, infrastructure investments
MUFG and DWS Group announced a “private financing strategic venture” this week to enhance both firms’ ability to underwrite and distribute infrastructure and alternative credit investments

DWS prints market’s third infrastructure CLO of the year
DWS has reset a 2019-vintage deal after issuing two new infra CLOs in September   

Aviva Investors seeds private debt fund targeting UK DC pensions with EUR 750m of capital
Aviva's Multi-Sector Private Debt Fund will invest across the private debt spectrum including real estate debt, infrastructure debt, structured finance and private corporate debt

Blackstone buys billion dollar infra loan portfolio
Blackstone Credit & Insurance-managed funds agreed to acquire interests in a USD 1bn portfolio of global infrastructure loans from Santander

Blackstone makes two senior hires for infra lending and asset-based credit
Blackstone has hired two senior managing directors to focus on infrastructure and asset-based lending as members of the greater BXCI team

Starwood markets new US infrastructure CLO
The infrastructure CLO market seems to be hotting up. After DWS’s deal last week, Starwood and Deutsche Bank are now marketing a new US deal

HSBC AM launches European direct lending and infra debt strategies
HSBC is expanding its USD 6.5bn global credit platform with an expansion of its UK direct lending platform and a new infrastructure debt strategy

Project finance CLOs target loans to rapidly growing data centre sector
The small but vibrant infrastructure CLO community could see a boost in issuance thanks to a new source of assets — data centre financing