State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of State Street, is considering either fully acquiring or taking a stake in a private credit or infrastructure management firm – potentially through product partnerships – according to a report from the Financial Times.
HPS Investment Partners is leading the provision of an £800m ($1bn) private credit package for Ocorian, a Jersey-based investment management firm backed by private equity firm Inflexion, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Full service law firm Katten has appointed Maximilien Pucci-Sisti Maisonrouge as a Partner in the firm’s private credit practice in New York, where he will work on complex transactions and provide key guidance on various deal types.
With interest rates likely to remain elevated, private credit yields are set to stay attractive for longer, according to a report by Bloomberg quoting Randy Schwimmer, vice chairman at $50bn private capital manager Churchill Asset Management.
Global investment firm Carlyle has provided a financing package of £205m to support the acquisition of Lanes Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of water and wastewater services, by funds managed by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock.
Despite ongoing discussions about the convergence of public and private markets, Blue Owl Capital’s co-CEO Marc Lipschultz insists on maintaining that there is a clear distinction between the two, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private-credit firm 5C Investment Partners, founded by former Goldman Sachs partners, has secured $1.6bn to launch its direct-lending initiative, targeting senior direct-lending deals, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Investec Bank (Investec) has teamed with Ares Management Alternative Credit funds (Ares) to provide its fund solutions team with additional capital to significantly expand its lending capacity across key markets, primarily in the UK, Continental Europe, and the US.
Blackstone has held the final close of the first series of its evergreen institutional US direct lending fund, Blackstone Senior Direct Lending Fund (BXD), with approximately $22bn of investable capital, including expected leverage.
WhiteHawk Capital Partners, an asset based direct lending investment manager, has held the final closing of WhiteHawk Fund IV (WH IV) with total equity commitments of over $1.1bn, which includes the main fund and related investment vehicles.
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