Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors

Ninety One launches infrastructure credit fund aimed at South African market
Asset manager Ninety One has launched the Ninety One SA Infrastructure Credit Fund, focused on the South African market

Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs),  Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. 

Credit funds at a glance (October 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 

   

Ninety One holds first close on first private debt fund targeting sponsorless loans
Ninety One has made a breakthrough in its bid to build out a European private credit offering by holding a first close on a fund that will lend to sponsorless borrowers in Europe

Ninety One hires ex-Oak Hill duo for new European credit opportunities platform
Ninety One Asset Management, formerly known as Investec Asset Management, has hired two ex-Oak Hill officials to build the firm's European credit opportunities platform

It’s going to be a credit picker’s market
Our panel of experts believe that the credit market will be volatile this year, but there will be opportunities in European credit and additional tier one bonds, trups CDOs and unitranches

London direct lender rebrands following acquisition by Investec
Investec Bank has rebranded Amicus Commercial Finance as Investec Capital Solutions, following Investec’s acquisition of Amicus Commercial Finance in December

Investec hires to its UK mid-market lending team
James Goût has joined Investec’s middle-market lending team in London after leaving Barclays