Opportunistic Credit

Apollo holds $1.9bn final close for liquid credit fund

The manager’s deputy co-head of hybrid, Chris Lahoud, says the current moment is one of heightened volatility.

Ares brushes off negative sentiment in Q1 earnings

CEO Michael Arougheti expressed confidence for future dealmaking as the effects of the Iran war normalise.

VCERA’s consultant stresses insulation from negative headlines even as system slows pacing

Southern California pension with $9.5bn in assets approves plans for a third year of stepped-down private credit commitments as it draws closer to allocation target

Arrow Global: Local origination and asset backing will determine Europe’s winners

Asset-backed strategies and managers prioritising local origination are best positioned to succeed in Europe as the market grapples with testing macro conditions, says Adam Baghdadi, managing director at Arrow Global.

Blackstone posts earnings rise and shrugs off SaaSpocalypse talk

Private credit returns declined in Q1, but executives blame ‘naysayers’ not fundamentals.

StepStone Group closes $1.58bn credit opportunities fund

The firm’s Credit Opportunities Fund II collected more than double its target and will primarily invest in secondaries and co-investments

DOWNLOAD: Q1 2026 one of the most prolific fundraising quarters on record

A record first quarter speaks to continued institutional investor enthusiasm for private debt despite concerns on the retail side.

Blackstone closes flagship credit opps fund at hard-cap

The strategy’s fifth vintage, its largest, raises more than $10bn of investable capital.

Ares raises $9.8bn for opportunistic credit fund

The Los Angeles-based manager exceeded the fund’s target fundraise as well as its prior vintages.