Muzinich & Co, the global corporate credit specialist, has appointed Rehan Virani to the newly-created role of Head of Alternative Credit Solutions and Strategy, as part of an expansion of the firm’s private credit and CLO strategies.
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has committed $1bn to a new $2bn private credit fund launched through a partnership between Barclays and AGL Credit Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Manulife Investment Management has closed on its previously announced agreement to acquire multi-sector alternative credit manager CQS with regulatory approval for this transaction having been received from the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Private credit returns in Europe have outperformed the broadly syndicated loan market over the past five years with the Lincoln European Senior Debt Index recording a median return of 8.1% and the Lincoln European Leveraged Loan Index 4.9%.
Alternative asset manager Apollo Global Management has acquired $8bn of Credit Suisse (CS) loans from UBS as the Swiss bank continues to sell off non-core assets from its takeover of CS last year, according to a report by Alternative Credit Investor.
Despite critics warning of a potential private credit bubble, the booming $1.7tn asset class is set for further expansion, according to a report by Bloomberg citing Blackstone’s CEO Stephen Schwarzman.
Crypto miner Bitdeer Technologies Group is in discussions with private credit firms as it looks arrange a $100m financing package to ramp up its bitcoin mining capabilities, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Since 2018, European credit funds have fully or partially equitised at least 61 loans provided to companies backed by PE firms, according to ION Analytics’ Debtwire, which provides deal-making insights for leveraged capital markets professionals.
Private credit involvement in deals involving fossil fuel businesses has increased significantly in recent years as managers move into a space vacated by banks concerned over the climate risks involved, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Electrical Components International, one of the world’s leading suppliers of electrical distribution systems, and a portfolio company of private equity firm Cerberus, is looking to the private debt markets for a $1.1bn loan, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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