Share prices soar as Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR plan AI financing partnerships with NVIDIA
The technology company specializing in GPU development has signed memorandums of understanding with the six firms to establish independent compute financing platforms and deploy more than USD 500bn of capital

Brookfield taps CLO talent pool for syndication push
Brookfield’s recruitment of CLO expert Rachel Russell reflects a growing market for syndicated private credit, in which large-scale loan transactions and risk exposures are spread across multiple lenders

AllianceBernstein, Brookfield, and Carlyle to offer private markets products for retirement plans
The three firms will offer a turnkey private markets product for retirement savers

Temasek taps Pinegrove for venture debt partnership
The Singaporean state investment firm intends to lend directly to growth stage technology and life sciences companies

Brookfield-backed Primary Wave raises USD 2.2bn for music royalties fund
Brookfield Asset Management, which holds a minority stake in the firm, contributed to the latest fundraising effort, a source familiar told Creditflux

Virginia, Arkansas among systems expanding into alternative credit strategies
Recent Ares funds gain momentum with allocations from VRS, TCDRS; Arkansas Teachers plan multi-strategy credit SMAs with KKR, Brookfield

Oaktree’s semi-liquid private credit fund covers all exit requests totaling 8.5%
The fund, which leaned on parent company Brookfield to cover the surge in redemption requests, also cut dividends

Oaktree collaborates with parent Brookfield on ABF product for US individuals
The new product launched with USD 400m in committed capital and will give wealthy US individual investors access to Oaktree’s asset-backed finance expertise

Brookfield raises USD 16bn for credit, plans asset-based finance strategy
The firm is also planning to hold a first close for its infrastructure mezzanine debt fund

Seven managers make up 90% of private credit fundraising – Morningstar
Over the last five years, Apollo alone accounted for 29% of all capital raised for private credit

Brookfield Credit invests USD 1bn in 17Capital
Brookfield Asset Management’s private credit investment division, Brookfield Credit, has agreed to invest USD 1bn into 17Capital’s private credit strategies