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Sterling Group hires BNP vet to lead mezz arm - exclusiveThe Texas investment firm will target corporate credit.
- First-half fundraising near record level
The amount of capital raised for private debt globally in the first half of this year was almost $62bn, just short of the record H1 total in 2015.
- Blackstone taps energy director to lead GSO
The hire comes as the firm is raising capital for its $6.5bn distressed fund.
- GSO seeks capital for distressed investments
The vehicle has been opened to investors from the firm’s distressed debt hedge fund, which was shuttered earlier this year.
- Texas County & District commits to Twin Brook, Crescent
The allocations come as both financial firms are raising private commingled funds.
- GSO MD back to Citi to oversee US credit - exclusive
Michael Anderson is returning to his old firm, where he worked in US high yield and leveraged loans.
- GSO posts 20% AUM growth since March 2016
The credit arm deployed $3.6bn in Q1, with Europe and energy focus.
- FSIC BDCs commit $4bn in 2016
The Philadelphia-based alternative lender ended the year with its highest quarterly amount of loan commitments.
- UK government pockets £11.8bn from sale of B&B assets
Blackstone and Prudential were the buyer of two separate portfolios of buy-to-let mortgage loans underwritten by Bradford & Bingley.
- PIMCO hires former Blackstone exec
The new executive will oversee PIMCO’s private strategies.