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Audax closes fourth mezzanine fund with USD1.2bn of commitments

Alternative asset management firm Audax Group has held the final close of Audax Mezzanine Fund IV at its hard cap of USD1.2 billion of aggregate committed capital from a select group of institutional and high net worth limited partners. Fund IV was oversubscribed and exceeded its fundraising target of USD1

IDG Capital Partners closes USD1bn capital fund

IDG Capital Partners has held the final closing of IDG Capital Fund III with commitments totalling USD1 billion, in partnership with Breyer Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital investor. The new fund will focus on investing in next-generation opportunities in technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), healthcare, energy, and consumer products,

Patron Capital raises EUR949 million for Fund V

Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, has closed its fifth fund raising EUR949 million (USD1.05 billion), including approximately EUR143 million (USD158 billion) of co-investment capital. Greenhill & Co acted as the placement agent.   Patron Capital V exceeded its original target of EUR750 million (USD830 million),

Sprott rolls out new private credit strategy

Sprott Asset Management, a USD10 billion Toronto-based alternative asset manager, has rolled out a second iteration of the firm’s private credit trust strategy, Sprott Private Credit Trust II, with hedge fund specialist Arif N Bhalwani.  Bhalwani is the chief executive officer and managing director of Third Eye Capital Management, a sub-adviser to Sprott Asset Management.   Sprott Private Credit Trust II focuses on identifying short-term opportunities primarily in

K&L Gates advises on Hong Kong’s first hybrid fund peer-lending platform

Global law firm K&L Gates has advised on the establishment of the Elephant Club Consumer Debt Fund, managed by Capital Focus Asset Management. The newly established fund invests in notes issued by Hong Kong-licensed money lender Elephant Club Limited, and represents Hong Kong’s first ever hybrid fund peer-lending platform.  

ARX CEE IV holds first close towards EUR100 million target

ARX Equity Partners has completed a first close of its latest Central Europe vehicle, ARX CEE IV, at EUR54 million, with total subscribed commitments of EUR66 million. The fund, which has a target of EUR100 million including commitments from the European Investment Fund (EIF), will continue to execute the ARX

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HIG Bayside Capital holds first close of IDeA CCR I

HIG Bayside Capital, a credit affiliate of HIG Capital, has held the first close of IDeA CCR (Corporate Credit Recovery) I Fund, an investment platform managed by IDeA Capital Funds SGR (IDeA), at EUR260 million. The fund, which comprises two sub-funds – a Credit Fund and a New Money Fund

Sofiprotéol and Tikehau IM partner to finance agro-food and agro-industrial sector

Sofiprotéol and Tikehau Investment Management have launched a private debt fund called Sofiprotéol Dette Privée, which will finance the development of agro-food and agro-industrial companies of all sizes through bullet loans or leveraged acquisition financing. This financing vehicle will be an addition to those already initiated by Sofiprotéol.   As

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