Lawrence Aragon

The U.S. leveraged loan market is showing no signs of a seasonal slowdown. A flurry of opportunistic leveraged loans from issuers backed by strong demand from institutional investors suggests that the market may have recovered from a bout of weakness earlier this year just as geopolitical risk is increasing.

Onex Corp’s credit wing plans to triple its assets under management to $10 billion by the end of 2017 from last year, driven by rapid expansion of collateralized loan obligations in the United States and Europe, the head of the unit said.

Swander Pace Capital wrapped up its fundraising for SPC Partners V with $350 million in commitments to the consumer products buyout firm, which has also inked a flurry of deals of late.

Emerging Capital Partners will be targeting $750 million for its fourth pan-African focused fund, placement and LP sources said.

CalPERS has allocated $200 million more to its $12 billion emerging manager program.

New capital to be deployed over four years No word on buyouts, VC allocations Pension has active emerging managers program CalPERS has allocated $200 million more to its $12 billion emerging manager program. The new capital will be deployed by a new fund of funds over four years, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System said […]

The 2010 vintage Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Fund IV LP has posted the highest percentage point increase year over year for the Washington State Investment Board for the period Sept. 30, 2012, to Sept. 30, 2013.

The 2010 vintage Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Fund IV LP has posted the highest percentage point increase year over year for the Washington State Investment Board for the period Sept. 30, 2012, to Sept. 30, 2013. The Latin American, mid-market focused buyout vehicle Southern Cross Fund IV was up 24.87 percentage points to a […]