London-based card reader maker SumUp has secured a €1.5bn private credit loan package from a group of lenders led by Goldman Sachs. Other participants include BlackRock, Apollo Global Management, Oaktree Capital Management and Vista Credit Partners.
Golub Capital has held the final close of its sixth credit opportunities fund, GEMS Fund 6, with $2bn of investable capital – in excess of its target – making it the largest Golub Capital Credit Opportunities fund to date.
Sculptor Capital Management, an alternative investment company operating multi-strategy, credit and real estate strategies, has closed a €354m European collateralised loan obligation, Sculptor European CLO XI.
Wealth management platform Sidekick has added Alessandra Farnum as Alternatives Product Lead. In her new role, Farnum will focus on launching and expanding products and services within the platform’s alternative asset class offering, which aims to include private equity, private credit, venture capital and real estate.
Infrastructure and private debt will remain the most attractive private market asset classes over the next one to two years, with 71% of institutional investors expecting to increase allocation to each, according to the latest private markets survey by global financial services provider State Street.
Travel and ticketing startup Traveloka Indonesia has used internal cash to complete the early repayment of a £300m private credit loan provided by a group of investors including BlackRock and Orion Capital Asia, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A number of private credit firms including Blackstone have held talks with KKR & Co over providing a debt package of at least $525m to support the buyout firm’s bid to acquire Perpetual’s corporate trust and wealth management units, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The private debt secondary market is primed for significant growth during 2024 in terms of both volume and quality of deals as motivated sellers take advantage of the growing pool of buy-side capital, according to a survey by Ely Place Partners.
Hong Kong-based alternative credit manager Tor Investment Management has raised $310m for its third Asia opportunistic private credit fund, according to a report by Bloomberg citing Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager Christopher Mikosh.
Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager and a leading credit investor with nearly $420bn in assets across corporate and real estate credit, has appointed Dan Leiter as Head of International for Blackstone Credit & Insurance.
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