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UK pension seeks direct lending manager for £250 million commitment
5 days ago
Essex Pension Fund has issued a request for proposals to allocate up to £250 million to a direct lending fund -
LP round up: pensions plan private credit pacing as strategic credit takes on "midfield" role
1 month ago
US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree, according to recent board documents seen by Creditflux. Meanwhile a pension fund draws parallels between strategic credit and Jordan Henderson -
Two managers beat 80 others for £660 million multi-asset credit mandate
1 month ago
The UK's Local Government Pension Scheme Central has selected two managers for its £660 million Multi-Asset Credit Fund -
LP round up: Arcmont, Ares and Sixth Street win European direct lending mandates
1 month ago
Investors have allocated around $2 billion to credit funds in recent weeks, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. Among those to recieve allocations include ADM, Arcmont, Ares, Audax, Bain, Centerbridge, Clearlake, Goldman Sachs merchant banking, Invesco, Monarch, Oaktree, Raven, Sixth Street and Sound Mark -
Direct lender Scio names three-person advisory board
2 months ago
Scio Capital, a London-based direct lender, has named three people to its newly-founded advisory board -
Indiana pension allocates $160 million to CLO dislocation strategy and real estate debt
2 months ago
Indiana Public Retirement System has allocated $160 million to two credit funds focused on CLOa and real estate debt, according to recently released board documentation -
UK pension pool takes management in-house for £1.5 billion index-linked bond fund
2 months ago
The UK’s Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched a £1.5 billion sterling index linked bond fund -
Colorado pension allocates $70 million to CLO debt strategy
2 months ago
Colorado Fire & Police Pension Association approved a $70 million commitment to a CLO debt strategy at its 5 November board meeting -
LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
2 months ago
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein -
Low rates drive US pension towards private credit
2 months ago
The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System is one of several pensions to have increased private credit allocation recently, from 3% to 8% (around $1.7 billion) -
Insurance firm seeks CLO debt and ABS exposure
2 months ago
Investment consultant Callan is requesting proposals on behalf of an undisclosed insurance company for a CLO manager and ABS manager -
New York pension allocates $250 million to CLO fund
2 months ago
New York State Common Retirement Fund has allocated $250 million to a CLO-focused vehicle, according to a recently released September transaction report -
Direct lending green shoots flourish despite fundraising plunge
2 months ago
Despite the headline figures, sources say European direct lending fundraising remains healthy and newcomers have a place to enter -
LP round up: EIF backs four debt funds while Carlyle wins $1 billion
2 months ago
Institutional investors have allocated just over $4 billion to 27 credit managers in October board meetings -
Sovereign wealth funds empower direct lenders
3 months ago
Sovereign wealth funds are turning toward the booming private credit market, with three massive partnerships formed this year -
Air Canada pension allocates $110 million to Pretium
3 months ago
Trans-Canada Capital, a newly-created investment management subsidiary of Air Canada based in Montreal, has allocated $110 million to Pretium Partners' opportunistic and structured credit strategy -
Owl Rock recieves $1 billion allocation from California pension
3 months ago
Owl Rock Capital has recieved a $1 billion allocation from the California State Teachers' Retirement System. The mandate will fund Owl Rock's opportunistic credit and diversified lending investments -
LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
3 months ago
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Barings and PGIM win loan and structured credit mandates as pension puts £2.7bn in credit
3 months ago
The firms will manage global syndicated loans, securitised credit, emerging market debt and global high yield credit for Border to Coast Pension Partnership's £2.7 billion ($3.43 billion) multi-asset credit fund -
Barings inks partnership with Mubadala for European mid-market platform
3 months ago
Barings has teamed up with Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company to launch a new European middle market origination platform named Barings Mubadala Enterprise -
US investors piled into structured credit and private lending in 2019, Gapstow finds
3 months ago
US institutional investors' allocations to 'alternative credit' increased 12% year-over-year in 2019, according to research by fund of funds manager Gapstow Capital Partners -
LP round up: private credit drive gains momentum as Calpers backs Pimco
4 months ago
Private credit continues to be viewed as an attractive investment strategy for institutional investors, with four global allocators outlining new buckets, or increases to the asset class -
CSAM strikes private credit partnership with Qatar Investment Authority
4 months ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management has signalled a big push into private credit, striking a direct lending partnership with its Quatari-based stakeholder Qatar Investment Authority -
HarbourVest fights back over CLO fund investment after Highland's objection
4 months ago
HarbourVest Partners, the key investor in risk retention vehicle Highland CLO Funding, has shot back at Highland Capital Management in court, arguing it had not insisted on changing the manager on its CLO fund from Acis to Highland, as Highland had claimed -
Private credit manager wins mandate to invest in Australia and New Zealand
4 months ago
Revolution Asset Management has won a co-investment mandate from QIC, an asset manager owned by the Queensland Government, to invest in credit assets originated in Australia and New Zealand
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