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

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

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

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

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

Goldman launches private credit fund for retirement portfolios
The product will be used in a retirement product backed by Great Gray, BlackRock and Wilshire Advisors to give individual investors access to public and private assets

BlackRock plans private markets LifePath retirement fund for 2026
The asset manager, which closed its HPS acquisition earlier this month, looks to launch its own proprietary private-public market target date fund

Carlyle rolls out investment grade private debt fund
EXCLUSIVE: The IG asset-backed fund is structured as an evergreen vehicle and targets an institutional investor base

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

FS Investments readies opportunistic credit fund, targets USD 750m
EXCLUSIVE: The vehicle, which will be the second opportunistic fund from FS, is set to launch in the third quarter of this year

Ares launches direct lending fund for European wealth investors
The firm’s first ELTIF product will give individual investors access to its existing European direct lending strategy

CPP Investments backs Varde’s subline strategy launch
The Canadian pension giant provided USD 300m of strategic equity toward the new fund finance platform

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

BlackRock pushes private markets for revenue diversification
The world’s largest asset manager is planning to launch three new private credit products for the wealth channel, in addition to its purchase of private credit shop HPS

Nomura public-private credit fund opens to the masses with SEC rule change
EXCLUSIVE: The new SEC regime repealed a decades long rule preventing non-accredited investors from gaining access to most private market asset funds

Tikehau launches semi-liquid private debt fund for broader investor base
The new fund is the first semi-liquid private credit vehicle available to investors other than French life insurance companies

Goldman launches its ninth mezzanine private debt fund
The latest fund follows the USD 15.2bn West Street Mezzanine Partners VIII that closed in 2023

Aegon AM launches fund for subscription line financing
The new fund will raise capital from institutional investors in Europe and the UK