Investors

Samsung Asset Management eyes credit secondaries, co-investments

Such opportunities ‘can provide us with some downside protection against the macro flows rather than going with the flow as part of the herd’, says head and OCIO Seong Sup Cho.

Manulife to deploy more than $2bn in private credit

Insurer has committed $400m to five private credit managers this year, according to global head of corporate finance John C S Anderson.

Carlyle interval fund limits outflows after 15.7% of assets requested for redemption

The firm said that redemptions were not motivated by fundamentals, but by a broader trend of investors seeking liquidity from funds elsewhere.

Defence moves to the frontline

A huge increase in government spending, increasingly positive investor sentiment and a shift from the new economy to the old – all reasons why European defence is a lender target.

Pollen Street closes Credit Fund IV on £2.5bn

The fund beat its target and expects to make more than 50 loans to European borrowers.

US regulators aim sights on private debt risk as insurance interest grows

Talks between domestic and international regulators will begin in April and continue throughout the summer.

Which LPs have an appetite for sharing?

If you’re wondering which investors might be keen on co-investments, here are six looking to partner up.

Ares, Antares close $1.7bn continuation vehicle

CV will comprise over 300 first-lien loans originated and managed by Antares.

Arizona state pension cuts projected returns out of private credit

Even while maintaining allocation targets for the asset class, the $63bn system is lowering its assumed return to reflect a more competitive environment for credit funds

Liquidity seekers might just need a different vehicle

While there appears to be investor support for greater convergence of public and private debt, fund structuring issues need to be resolved.