Jefferies Credit poaches senior RBC pair for direct lending business
Jefferies Credit Partners has expanded its middle direct lending business with two senior hires

Capza closes €1.6 billion private debt fund 75% deployed
The European Investment Fund is among the investors in the fund, according to Debtwire Funds Data

Ares flush with cash after raising €15 billion for European direct lending
Ares Management has raised one of the largest European direct lending funds on record and, with leverage, the fund expects to have a whopping €15 billion to deploy

Apollo establishes $1 billion credit secondaries platform
Apollo says it formed the platform to capitalise on the explosive growth of private credit, as well as addressing related liquidity or portfolio needs from underlying investors

Comvest amasses $1.3 billion for fifth direct lending fund
Comvest says it has provided financing to more than 35 portfolio companies

US CLO issuer hints at ending three-year absence with plans for equity fund
A US CLO manager which debuted in 2018 and has priced one deal looks to have launched its own CLO captive fund   

Lord Abbett prepares special situations interval fund
Lord Abbett is preparing to launch a new special situations fund in the form of an interval fund

EIF and Alantra commit up to €110 million for Spanish SME lending
The European Investment Fund and direct lender Alantra have joined forces to provide up to €110 million financing to European small and medium sized companies

Toronto-based Whitehorse Liquidity hits $4 billion hard cap on liquidity solutions fund
Whitehorse Liquidity Partners Fund IV provides liquidity solutions to private equity-style fund investors and managers

Muzinich amasses €342 million on third close for European direct lending fund
Muzinich Pan-European II Private Debt Fund is a lower mid-market European direct lending fund

BlackRock wins €400 million ESG private debt mandate
BlackRock has won a mandate to manage an ESG focused European private debt fund from a Munich-based firm

LBC reaches $808 million final close for fifth private credit fund
LBC Credit Partners has held a $808 million final close on its fifth private credit fund, LBC Credit Partners V - under its $1 billion target, according to Debtwire Funds Data

Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. 

LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers

Texas pension allocates $50 million to CLO fund
The comes amid a flurry of allocations to CLO funds

Eagle Point diversifies from CLOs as it wins $180 million for BDC lending strategy
A US public pension has earmarked $60 million for Eagle Point's fund and a further $120 million for a separate managed account

MV pairs with Loomis Sayles on open-ended credit fund for UK pensions
Smart Pensions is the cornerstone investor on MV Dual Credit Fund, providing around £100 million to the strategy

DE Shaw amasses $1 billion for stressed and distressed assets
The fund will invest in stressed and distressed assets, financings, and special situations opportunities

Hayfin closes 'over €5 billion' European direct lending strategy amid record deployment
Hayfin held a final close on its latest European direct lending fund, Hayfin Direct Lending Fund III

Michigan pension discloses $100 million allocation to CLO fund
The State of Michigan Retirement System has revealed it allocated $525 million to credit funds from September to December - including one CLO fund

Connection anchors sterling share class in European private credit fund
Connection Capital says it has raised £3 million (€3.5 million) from its high net worth client base to invest in a manager's direct lending fund 

Kartesia amasses €1 billion for inaugural senior direct lending fund
Kartesia has held a €1 billion final close of its inaugural senior debt fund, Kartesia Senior Opportunities I

Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers 

Permira targets up to €5 billion with fifth direct lending fund
The launch of Permira Credit Solutions Fund V comes 12 months after the firm held a final close on its predecessor

Manager sails to €210 million final close on fifth European credit fund
The fund will invest in debt and equity in Northern European small to medium sized companies