Kayne Anderson to debut private BDC to tap affluent investors
EXCLUSIVE: Private BDCs, pioneered by some of the largest direct lenders in the market, are becoming a common vehicle across the private credit manager industry

Kayne Anderson raises more than USD 2bn for middle market direct lending
EXCLUSIVE: The firm plans to hold a final close for Kayne Anderson Senior Credit Fund V at the end of the year

Remora Capital Partners to launch inaugural private BDC
The firm expects the private BDC to reach a size of around USD 500m in around a year’s time

Audax launches private BDC with USD 1.1bn
The new product is aimed at wealthy individual investors in the US

First Eagle launches nontraded BDC that invests in US middle market private credit
The product will invest in directly originated, senior-secured, first lien loans to US middle market corporate borrowers

Managers shift to nontraded BDCs in direct sell to individual investors—Raymond James
EXCLUSIVE: Creditflux sits down with Raymond James managing director and BDC expert Larry Herman for a Q&A

Churchill hires from FS Investments to grow wealth channel
New York-headquartered Churchill Asset Management has hired a new managing director and head of investor relations, retail & wealth 

Trinity Capital partners with Eagle Point to launch new credit fund
Venture debt specialist Trinity Capital and CLO equity investment firm Eagle Point Credit have launched a new credit fund intended to become a private BDC

California retirement system provides seed capital to BDC
The California State Teachers' Retirement System is not just allocating to private credit, but forming a new direct lending partnership

Crescent Capital shakes up senior-leadership team
Los Angeles-based alternative credit specialist Crescent Capital Group is updating its senior-leadership team with several key promotions

Alliance Bernstein grows alternatives business
AllianceBernstein continues to expand its alternatives business with the launch of a new BDC, as well as a further push into strategies such as energy transition, asset-based lending and opportunistic credit

New Mountain Capital BDC raises nearly USD 860m
New York-based alternative asset manager New Mountain Capital has held close of its New Mountain Guardian IV BDC 

Apollo launches new BDC backed by Mubadala
Apollo has created a new private BDC that will invest money from Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company, in addition to other institutional investors.

Nomura-backed Corinthia lifts private credit team from Barings
More than 20 members of the global private credit team at Barings have jumped ship and joined Corinthia Global Management, a new platform backed by Nomura Holdings

T. Rowe and Oak Hill launch new BDC
The BDC is another indication of the growing demand for access to private credit funds from individual investors

Direct lending sets up on high street seeking retail and wealthy investors
Private credit managers, historically reliant on institutional investors, are increasingly turning to retail investors for fundraising. The dramatic growth in private credit as a whole has been well documented. But in the past few years there’s been a massive pickup by retail and private wealth.

Jefferies Credit Partners plans new BDC

Jefferies Credit Partners plans to launch its first private placement of a business development company. 

Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets

Fidelity Investments raises over $100 million for BDC
Fidelity Investments says that its business development company, Fidelity Private Credit BDC, is up and running with “in excess of $100 million”.

Bain launches non-traded BDC
Bain Capital Credit says it has launched a non-traded business development company known as Bain Capital Private Credit, or BCPC

Nuveen and Churchill launch private BDC with initial $350 million portfolio
The Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund will primarily invest in middle market senior loans and junior capital. The BDC can also allocate to private equity co-investments

Angelo Gordon launches non-traded BDC following private BDC merger
Angelo Gordon has launched a non-traded business development company, AG Twin Brook Capital Income Fund, following a merger with an existing $616.2 million private BDC managed by the firm, AGTB Private BDC

Fidelity Investments prepares inaugural BDC
Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch its inaugural private credit business development company, Fidelity Private Credit Fund

European markets give up some gains after outperforming US
Credit and stocks have improved on Tuesday, as investors attempted a momentum shift, but Europe is already giving up some of its gains after outperforming the US for a brief spell

HPS reveals private credit-focused non-traded BDC
HPS Investment Partners has become the latest manager to launch a public, non-traded business development company