Europe

The platform is set to launch in September, and eventually expand into private credit.

Fundraising bounced back in the second quarter to end H1 only just below the total seen in the same period last year.

The partnership has $5bn in investable capital, and follows Oak Hill’s launch of a $1.5bn perpetual BDC.

The firm’s third fund will seek to raise €300m and expand its geographical footprint in Europe.

A new round of fundraising brings total deployable capital for the fund to €240m to back innovative sustainability businesses in the Netherlands.

Heightened capital costs are increasing stress for real estate borrowers in the UK and Europe.

The largest real estate debt managers once again outperformed in a nightmare year for real estate fundraising.

The move is the latest to offer private markets funds, including private credit, to a wider range of mass market investors.

Private debt is playing catch-up in attracting investors from the retail space, but new legislation is helping.

Europe is playing catch-up compared with the US when it comes to attracting private wealth. James Board and Owen Lysak, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, chart the progress that has been made.