The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America.
New York-based HPS Investment Partners is limiting inflows for its $10bn HPS Corporate Lending Fund in response to a surge in demand for private credit, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity giant Carlyle has closed its fifth Japanese buyout fund, Carlyle Japan Partners V, with a total of $2.8bn in commitments.
Miami-based private equity firm Eir Partners Capital has closed its Eir Partners Investment Program II with $496m in capital commitments, having closed its predecessor, Eir Partners Program I, at $255m in 2021.
Oddo BHF Asset Management’s private assets team has held the final close of the second vintage of its private equity secondaries strategy with €715m in total capital commitments exceeding its original €500m target, according to a report by Citywire.
Pan-European private equity firm Astorg has held the final close of its latest flagship fund, Astorg VIII – an Article 8 buyout fund – with total capital commitments of €4.4bn, making it the firm’s largest fund raised to date.
Venture capital investment firm TrueBridge Capital Partners has raised $1.6bn in capital commitments across five investment vehicles focusing on investments in other venture capital funds and technology companies.
The Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association has launched the Ukrainian Fund of Funds, an investment vehicle enabling investors to deploy capital into local funds through an intermediary. The expected initial size is $300m.
RCP Advisors, a private equity investment firm that provides access to North American small buyout fund managers through primary funds, secondary funds and co-investment funds, has held the final closing of RCP Fund XVIII with approximately $285m in aggregate commitments.
Clearlake Capital has raised $7.5bn as part of its $15bn goal for Clearlake Capital Partners VIII, setting a $16.7bn hard cap for its eighth primary buyout fund, according to a report by Buyouts citing the May Investment Advisory Council meeting materials from the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds.
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