Axxes Capital Launches New Direct Investing Business 29 August 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Ari Bass, a 25-year private equity and family office industry veteran, has been appointed to lead Axxes Direct Read more
Blackstone Closes Energy Transition Private Credit Fund 10 August 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton $7.1bn vehicle closes at hard cap Read more
Magnetar Capital, Blackstone Lead CoreWeave Debt Financing Facility 4 August 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Strategic participation from Coatue, DigitalBridge Credit, and additional support from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, PIMCO, and Carlyle Read more
Man Group To Acquire Varagon Capital Partners 6 July 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Private credit manager has $11.8bn of assets under management Read more
Carry On Divorce 19 June 2023 Public Adele Pledger Are you a fund manager? Are you married or do you intend to get married? Ever wondered what would happen to your carry if you were to get divorced? Read more
HSBC Asset Management Launches Second Vintage of Its Senior UK Direct Lending Strategy 8 June 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton New vehicle currently has $580mn in commitments Read more
The New Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection 5 June 2023 Public Sandra Ezri On 1st of September 2023 Switzerland is enacting its New Federal Act on Data Protection Read more
KKR Names Dan Pietrzak Global Head of Private Credit 19 May 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Most recently, Pietrzak served as Co-Head of Private Credit with Matthieu Boulanger, who is leaving KKR to pursue other opportunities Read more
Fasanara Capital Adds Anita Bhatia to Advisory Board 12 May 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Bhatia was formerly Assistant Secretary-General at the UN and Deputy Executive Director for UN Women Read more
Insurance Companies Retain Strong Appetite for Private Assets 4 April 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton New Goldman Sachs Asset Management survey suggests more than half of global insurers plan to increase their allocations to private equity Read more
MAPFRE Launches New Private Debt Fund 14 March 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton The ultimate aim of the fund is to have exposure via 15 large fund managers, mainly in European investments Read more
bfinance Appoints Olivier Cassin as Head of Investments and Research 6 March 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Cassin was previously at bfinance from 2000 to 2014 Read more
Oaktree Launches Oaktree Lending Partners To Pursue Opportunities in Sponsor-Backed Lending 28 February 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton OLP is targeting $10bn in commitments from institutional investors Read more
Hudson Structured Capital Management Launches New Insurance Credit Strategy 27 February 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton HSCM Insurance Credit Strategy will seek to originate and invest in medium- to long-term debt issued by insurance companies, reinsurance companies, and re/insurance distribution & service companies Read more
New SEC Rules: Why Investment Firms Must Step Up Their Cybersecurity Oversight 20 February 2023 Public Christian Scott With April only weeks away, firms need to proactively prepare for and respond to these imminent rules Read more