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Every week we bring you the deals, fund launches, and market intelligence shaping European credit markets.
This week: Ares raises €4.2B for European lending, Basel IV implementation updates, Blackstone closes major direct lending deal...
Goldman Sachs Alternatives' survey of 225 LPs shows European investors furthest below private credit targets as deployment appetite cools.
The watchdog has curbed new lending at six Annex 1 firms awaiting registration, extending its post-MFS crackdown on unregulated credit.
The regulator flags recurring weaknesses in cross-fund transfers, gifts and information barriers across private credit, PE and real estate.
The $45bn US credit manager adds a London asset-backed lending team and will sub-advise Ninety One's European Credit Opportunities Fund 1.
The Paris manager's Q3 update shows credit AUM at €24.1bn, a Korean-anchored first close for its third credit secondaries vehicle, and €1.5bn-€2bn of Q4 fundraising.
Blackstone provided most of a unitranche, delayed draw and revolver package backing Arlington's £340m buyout of the UK photonics group.
Private credit made up about 9.3% of German insurers' invested assets at end-2024, above a 7.5% European average, as BaFin steps up scrutiny.
ABI and Pensions UK tracking shows private debt and credit took just £0.9bn of the total, well behind property and infrastructure.
The British Business Bank's £20m cornerstone anchors a debt fund offering £1m-£3m loans to 40-50 London scaleups that sit between bank finance and venture debt.
The $60bn French alternatives manager is exploring a stake sale after cutting its 2026 AUM target.
