O’Brien-Staley Partners (OSP) has held the final close of OSP Value Fund IV, having secured over $600m in fresh capital commitments, with significant support from existing LPs and bringing the firm’s inception-to-date total fundraising to $2.3bn.
The $1.5tn global private credit market will double to $3tn within the next five years, with most of the increase coming from bank balance sheets, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing Ares Management boss Mike Arougheti.
Golub Capital has acted as administrative agent, left lead arranger and joint bookrunner on a $3.4bn unitranche facility for Hyland Software (Hyland), a provider of enterprise content management software and a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo since 2007.
US private equity major Apollo Global Management is targeting a fundraise of around $2.5bn for a new private credit vehicle that will look to provide loans to large corporate borrowers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
SLR Capital Partners, a private credit platform specialising in direct lending to US middle market companies, has appointed Chris York as a Partner, with a focus on both product and business development.
Pacific Current Group has agreed a deal to acquire a minority 24.9% equity stake in Los Angeles-based private credit and structured equity investment management firm Avante Capital Partners for up to $40m.
Private credit is set for a boom on the back of low defaults, limited refinancing activity and the absence of a recession, providing the potential for unprecedented debt returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Paulo Eapen, Blackstone’s Head of Private Credit for Europe and APAC, is to leave the firm after 17 years, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a company spokesman as confirming his departure by the end of the year.
Private credit fund managers are increasingly providing investors with customised exposure to the asset class, according to new research carried out by by the Alternative Credit Council, AIMA’s private credit affiliate, and global law firm Dechert LLP.
Growing demand for private credit has prompted Brookfield Asset Management and Societe General to team up to launch a new private debt fund which is expected to raise a total of €10bn ($10.7bn) over the next four years.
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