BDT & MSD launches senior direct lending fund
The new fund comes after the firm hired Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s former global head of private credit earlier this year

Reckoner Capital plans CLO ETF launch in Europe
EXCLUSIVE: The team led by John Kim, previously the head of Eldgridge’s Panagram, has already started two CLO ETFs in the US

Crescent announces CLO ETF with Advisors Asset Management
The two claim that the new AAM CLO ETF is the lowest cost CLO ETF in the industry, charging a net expense ratio of 0.18%

New Reckoner CLO ETF targets BBB- and BB- tranches
The Reckoner BBB-B CLO ETF debuts just three months after the asset manager launched the market’s first leveraged triple A CLO ETF 

Credit funds at a glance – August 2025
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Muzinich & Co readies second Asia-focused private credit fund
EXCLUSIVE: The direct lending sophmore fund could be as large as USD 1bn

HSBC AM launches evergreen fund targeting trade, working capital assets
The new private credit strategy will invest in assets such as receivables and payables finance, trade loans and other instruments around the world

Apollo to launch three evergreen funds in Europe to tap individual investors
Apollo has secured regulatory approval in Luxembourg for three semi-liquid evergreen private markets funds including two credit ones

Simplify Asset Management launches private credit ETF
The new exchange traded fund will track the universe of business development funds and listed funds that invest in private credit as captured by the VettaFi Private Credit Index

EXCLUSIVE: Palmer Square to launch European versions of its US CLO ETFs next year
Exclusive: Palmer Square will roll out European versions of PSQO and PSQA next year

Blue Owl launches alternative credit fund for individual investors
The new product is structured as an interval fund and launched with USD 850m

King Street debuts new long/short credit UCITS fund
The fund launched on International Asset Management’s UCITS platform with USD 100m in commitments

Credit funds at a glance – July 2025
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Palmer Square lists its European CLO ETF on the London Stock Exchange
The Palmer Square EUR CLO Senior Debt Index UCITS ETF will now be available to UK-based institutional investors

BC Partners Credit launches evergreen fund for dedicated specialty finance strategy
EXCLUSIVE: The new vehicle will be seeded with eight performing specialty finance loans

Neuberger Berman launches asset-based credit fund for wealthy investors
The latest private credit vehicle is structured as an interval fund and will offer wealthy US individual investors daily valuation and limited quarterly liquidity

Credit funds at a glance – June 2025
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Crescent looks to launch a CLO ETF
The new AAM Crescent CLO ETF will be launched in partnership with Advisors Asset Management, according to a recent SEC filing

Palmer Square launches Europe’s first passive CLO ETF
The new CLO ETF, launched today, is designed to give European institutional investors exposure to triple A and double A-rated CLO debt

Generali Investments backs new asset-based finance strategy
Generali-affiliated Aperture Investors also hired a new global head of asset-based finance

The top five holdings of July’s CLO ETF launches in Europe
A round of high-profile CLO ETF launches by BlackRock, PGIM and UBS in Europe and their top holdings in July

Blackstone readying to launch European CLO ETF
EXCLUSIVE: The world’s largest CLO manager is prepping an ETF that focuses on CLOs in Europe

PGIM launches UCITS global AAA CLO fund
Offering intermediaries, wealth channel and institutional investors access to the CLO market, the triple A-focused fund will also allow up to 20% exposure in double A-rated tranches across both the US and Europe

UBS launches firm’s first European CLO ETF
The UBS EUR AAA CLO UCITS received approval in Luxembourg last month

FS Investments rebrands to Future Standard, plans private credit product for wealthy in Europe
EXCLUSIVE: The alts manager integrates private equity subsidiary Portfolio Advisors under the new brand and plans to introduce a credit product for wealthy investors in Europe