Blackstone sets sights on USD 10bn for opportunistic private credit fund
Blackstone will soon introduce the latest version of its opportunistic private credit fund, aiming to raise USD 10bn, Michael Chae, the firm's chief financial officer, told analysts 

Oaktree raises roughly USD 3bn for third special situations fund
Oaktree upsizes third fund that primarily invests in stressed or distressed US middle-market companies

Florida pension system allocates to three alternative funds
Three funds received commitments from the City of Hollywood Employees' Retirement Fund including an opportunistic credit fund and a direct lending fund

Seattle retirement systems commits USD 30m to distressed fund
The Seattle City Employees' Retirement System recently committed up to USD 30m to the Monarch Capital Partners VI fund

Credit hedge funds
Hedge fund performance tables

New Mexico sovereign wealth fund commits USD 250m to distressed fund
The New Mexico State Investment Council approved a commitment of up to USD 250m to a distressed opportunities fund during its 24 October meeting.

Lumen Technologies ad-hoc group preps competing proposal
The refinancing of Lumen Technologies, currently held by 1311 different CLOs with a combined principal balance of USD 3.8bn, took a new twist today as details of a competing proposal emerged

European manager has first close of EUR 300m credit opportunities fund
European credit hedge fund Ironshield Capital Management has revealed the first close of a EUR 300m capacity distressed fund

New Hampshire retirement system commits to opportunistic debt fund
The New Hampshire Retirement System unanimously agreed to commit USD 50m to the distressed debt fund

Oak Hill raises USD 2.3bn for distressed fund
Oak Hill Advisors secured USD 2.3bn in equity commitments during the final close of its distressed investment fund, the OHA Strategic Credit Fund III

Resignation of Texas bankruptcy judge David R Jones raises potential for vacating prior rulings in legacy cases
Debtwire's full breakdown of the situation explains all the details of a resignation that threatens chaos for both active and historic restructurings, including cases like J.C. Penney and Neiman Marcus

Fund performance
Positive August for credit sees CLO funds on top again

Credit funds at a glance
Ucits see red in a tough June for returns

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds performance data

Double-dip refinancing hits US leveraged loan
Wheel Pros, a name still held by 219 CLOs with $414 million of total principal, announced details of a new refinancing deal last week featuring a controversial double-dip structure

RiverRock secures €153 million in commitments for new senior loan fund

RiverRock sets €1 billion commitment target for latest fund, nearly double the size of its previous vintage

Comvest Partners adds new head of investor relations from BlackRock
The newest addition to the firm's senior-level team has been tasked with managing investor relations across direct lending, private equity and special opportunities investment strategies

Credit funds at a glance (September 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising  

Credit hedge fund returns (September 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns  

CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July.

Creditors try double dips to raise recoveries
A new form of liability management has emerged to take its place alongside the various uptiering and drop-down transactions that have been executed recently: the so-called “double dip” financing

Oaktree partners with Spire Capital for new special situations fund

Spire Oaktree Special Opportunities Fund will target Australian wholesale investors

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund sinks hundreds of millions into credit funds

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has invested more than half a billion dollars into several credit and direct lending funds

Angelo Gordon brings in BlackRock exec for credit team
Angelo Gordon expands distressed debt and special situations team with new hire from BlackRock

Brazilian distressed fund gains investor attention internationally
International investors continue to take note as Brazil's Jive Investments raises roughly half a billion dollars for fourth vintage of distressed and special situations fund.