Onex swoops to buy $3.8 billion private credit manager
Onex has bolstered its private credit capabilities with the acquisition of US private credit manager Falcon Investment Advisors

Candriam and NYL buy stake in European direct lender
Candriam and its affiliate New York Life Investments Alternatives have bought a minority equity stake in a pan-European private debt firm

Dyal and Owl Rock in talks over merger via spac - a year after Dyal buys into direct lender
Dyal Capital Partners and Owl Rock Capital Group (a company in which it has an ownership stake) are in talks to merge courtesy of a spac which is sponsored by an affiliate of HPS (another company which Dyal has a minority equity stake)

FS and KKR to merge BDCs to create $14.9 billion vehicle
FS Investments and KKR plan to merge their two business development companies into a single vehicle which would have about $14.9 billion in assets

EQT completes sale of credit business to Bridgepoint
EQT has completed the sale of its €3.9 billion credit business segment to Bridgepoint

Sun Life Financial buys 51% stake in Crescent
Sun Life Financial has bought a 51% stake in credit manager Crescent Capital Group as part of its push into alternative credit

Alantra buys 49% stake in European direct lender
Alantra has bought a 49% stake in European mezzanine and junior private debt manager Indigo Capital, which it says will consolidate its position in the French sponsorless market and accelerate its growth in Italy and other European geographies 

Eurazeo accelerates timeline to buy remaining 20% of Idinvest shares
Eurazeo has struck an agreement to accelerate its purchase of middle market firm Idinvest Partners before the end of 2020

Sun Life Financial in talks to buy Crescent Capital - report
Canadian insurer Sun Life Financial is said to be in talks to buy credit manager Crescent Capital, according to a report by Bloomberg

Azimut purchases 20% stake in US private credit manager
Azimut Group has purchased a 20% equity stake in a $2.1 billion opportunistic private credit manager

Bain buys former Italian bank to strengthen NPL platform
Bain Capital Credit says it has bought an entity known as Hypo Alpe Adria from the Austrian government to strengthen its Italian non-performing loan business

Mount Logan and Sierra take over management of Resource credit fund
Mount Logan Capital and Sierra Crest Investment Management, an affiliate of BC Partners Advisors, have agreed to take over management of the Resource Credit Income Fund, a US-based $240 million interval fund 

Bridgepoint buys EQT's credit business - report
Bridgepoint is buying the credit business of EQT, according to the Financial Times

Goldman Sachs in talks to buy minority stake in Permira
Goldman Sachs is looking to buy a minority stake in private equity firm Permira

PE firms look to go it alone as credit units reach maturity
Private equity firms are starting to weigh up the merits of housing private debt businesses, with TPG Capital the latest to contemplate splitting with its credit business TPG Sixth Street. It follows EQT Capital, which announced a strategic review in January centred on parting ways with its credit unit.

Mid-market lender Comvest sells minority stake to Affiliated Managers

Comvest Partners has sold a minority equity stake to Affiliated Managers Group. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.  

TPG in talks to split from credit arm TSSP - media reports
Private equity firm TPG is in talks to split with its credit arm TPG Sixth Street Partners, according to media reports, with TPG considering looking to launch and build out its own internal credit platform

Banco Sabadell joins forces with Amundi
Banco Sabadell and Amundi have announced a long-term strategic partnership, in a bid to boost fund business in Spain  

EQT undertakes strategic review of credit business
EQT has announced a review of its credit business with the firm appointing JP Morgan to evaluate its 'strategic options', according to the firm’s Q4 2019 report

Ares buys majority stake in Asian credit manager SSG
Ares has bought a majority, controlling interest in SSG Capital Management, an Asian alternative asset manager focused on private credit and special situations 

Nuveen merges junior capital arm with Churchill to create $21 billion private markets platform
Nuveen, the asset management arm of TIAA, has combined its junior capital group with its mid-market private credit subsidiary Churchill Asset Management, in a move that will create a $21 billion private markets group

US insurer Aflac purchases minority stake in direct lender Varagon
Varagon Capital Partners has sold a non-controlling, minority stake of the firm to Aflac Global Investments, the asset management division of US insurance company Aflac Incorporated

Goldman Sachs AM merges public and private BDC
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has merged two of its business development companies: Goldman Sachs BDC, a $1.54 billion publicly traded BDC, and private BDC Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corporation, which has $1.7 billion assets

First Eagle buys US CLO manager THL Credit
Two years after establishing its credit business with the acquisition of NewStar Financial, First Eagle Investment Management is aiming big again after striking a deal to buy THL Credit Advisors

Azimut hires ex-Dyal official as it aims to buy minority equity in asset managers
Azimut will initially focus on acquiring minority stakes in alternative asset managers with under $3 billion AUM – including private credit, private equity, infrastructure and real estate firms