Charlesbank hits $750 million hard cap on opportunistic credit fund
Charlesbank Capital Partners has wrapped up fundraising for its second credit fund offering, Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II 

Artemid reaches €400 million first close on third senior debt fund
Artemid, the jointly owned subsidiary of Capza and Amiral Gestion, has held a €400 million first close on their third fund senior debt fund

Permira holds €3.48 billion final close on fourth direct lending fund
Permira Debt Managers has collected €3.48 billion for its fourth direct lending strategy, marking the fund’s final close on 31 March

Golding holds first close for private debt vehicle
Munich-headquartered fund-of-funds manager Golding Capital Partners has held a first close on almost €200 million for its private debt fund Golding Private Debt 2020

Andera collects €500 million for sponsorless mezzanine debt fund
Andera Partners, has held a final close on its sponsorless mezzanine fund, ActoMezz IV, exceeding its hard cap at €500 million

Credit funds at a glance (July 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Managers raise billions to take advantage of talf opportunities
Aegon, Payden & Rygel, Invesco, Morgan Stanley IM, Voya and Palmer Square are just some of the latest managers to have raised funds dedicated to the strategy 

EIF backs Oddo's inaugural mittelstand debt fund as it holds €131 million first close
Oddo BHF Asset Management, the Franco-German asset manager, has held a first close on its inaugural German Mittlestand debt fund and has recieved a cornerstone investment from the European Investment Fund 

CIFC prepares CLO opportunity fund
CIFC Asset Management is preparing to launch its fourth CLO oppportunity Fund, CIFC CLO Opportunity Fund IV

BNP Paribas AM collects €576.5 million for second European debt fund
BNP Paribas Asset Management has held a final close on its second European debt fund, BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund II, which provides senior debt to small and medium-sized companies primarily in France, Italy and Belgium

MSD collects $1.1 billion for real estate debt fund
MSD Partners has held a final close on its real estate debt fund, MSD Real Estate Credit Opportunities Fund

LP round-up: Champaign pension raises a glass (or bucket) to private credit
Institutional investors allocated over $600 million to 11 managers this week, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

Bain closes $3.2 billion special situations and distressed debt fund
Bain Capital Credit has closed the firm’s third dedicated distressed and special situations fund, Bain Capital Distressed & Special Situations 2019 (DSS 19), at $3.2 billion, above its $3 billion target size

Talf fundraising picks up ahead of today's launch
Credit managers are racing to raise capital for term asset backed loan funds, as the launch date for the US talf programme begins today

ICG hires two for its European real estate debt platform
Intermediate Capital Group has hired two managing directors to its European real estate debt platform, according to an announcement today

Cerberus raises $779 million for direct lending fund
Cerberus Business Finance is raising a new direct lending fund, according to regulatory filings

LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies

Värde targets $1 billion for inaugural dedicated credit dislocation fund
Värde is seeking to raise $1 billion for its dislocation and distressed debt fund, according to an investor presentation seen by Creditflux. The firm is targeting a first close this month

DFG raises $350 million for multiple CLO investment strategies
DFG Investment Advisers has raised about $350 million for CLO investment strategies this year, according to market sources

Manager launches structured credit fund after increasing exposure in multi-strat portfolios
A New York-based asset manager has launched a hedge fund to invest in structured credit after investing $2.2 billion in credit and structured credit in March

Owl Rock hits fundraising trail with follow up to BDCs
Owl Rock Capital is launching a new fund which appears to be in the form of a business development company, US regulatory filings reveal

Neuberger launches 'flexible' global credit Ucits fund with $200 million
Neuberger Berman has launched a flexible global credit Ucits fund to expand its $150 billion fixed income platform

Structured credit manager launches distressed fund
A structured credit focused manager is fundraising for a distressed credit fund

Francisco closes $750 million technology-focused credit opps fund
Francisco Partners has closed its technology-focused opportunistic credit fund, FP Credit Partners, at $750 million

Balbec holds $1.2 billion final close on fourth insolvency credit fund
Balbec Capital has held a $1.2 billion final close its fourth non-performing loan fund, InSolve Global Credit Fund IV