Track recorded fund announcements, transactions, leadership appointments and strategic developments from DataBane's published research.
Final close raised US$194M against US$150M target including US$27M affiliate commitments for inaugural CLO Partners Fund.
Carlyle Aviation Partners issued $518 million of secured notes through AASET 2025-1 Trust. The aircraft asset-backed securitization finances the purchase of 23 aircraft. The note issuance is distinct from firm-total AUM or an equity investment in an operating company.
Antares launched ABDC, a public non-traded private credit BDC, with more than $1.4 billion of investable capital. Antares Capital Credit Advisers LLC manages the fund, which invests mainly in senior secured floating-rate loans to private equity-backed U.S. middle-market borrowers. Disclosed participating investor groups included insurance companies, banks, family offices, pension plans and CPP Investments, the Antares majority owner. Vivek Mathew was identified as CEO and president of ABDC. Investable capital is not the same as investor paid-in capital, final fundraising proceeds, fund net assets, or group total AUM.
Wells Fargo confirmed that the OCC terminated its 2018 consent order relating to the company’s compliance risk management program. The company identified this as its tenth consent order closure since 2019, as of February 13, 2025.
Carlyle completed controlling investments in Highway Industries and Roop Automotives to create a global auto-components platform. Carlyle Asia Partners funds supplied the equity, with founders retaining stakes. Financial terms and exact ownership percentages were not disclosed.
Schroders Capital, on behalf of its European Leased Hotel Fund, acquired the 185-room NH Collection Milan CityLife hotel from an Invesco Real Estate European Hotel Fund. Neither manager disclosed price in the cited announcement.
Carlyle reported unaudited results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December 2024, including pre-tax income of $265 million for the quarter and $1.4 billion for the full year. The release reported group assets under management of $441 billion as of 31 December 2024. This news preserves the reporting period separately from the publication date.
Oaktree announced the final closing of its Opportunities Fund XII strategy with approximately $16 billion in commitments, including co-investment and affiliated vehicles. The Global Opportunities investment program focuses on liquid and private distressed and opportunistic credits, rescue financings and bespoke capital solutions. The fundraising total does not represent the standalone legal fund's NAV.
Fortress funds completed the acquisition of Loungers PLC for £354.4M, acquiring the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of the company.
BCI announced the closing of its sale of a majority equity interest in Hayfin Capital Management to Arctos Partners on February 10, 2025. BCI had invested in the European-focused private credit platform in 2017 and participated in its development as an asset manager. Although the equity stake was sold, BCI continued as a significant strategic limited partner in selected Hayfin funds. The transaction agreement had been announced in July 2024. Neither the exit consideration nor BCI's residual LP commitments was disclosed, so those figures should remain blank.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, through Copenhagen Infrastructure V, issued notice to proceed with construction of the Summerfield battery in South Australia. The project is a four-hour 240 MW / 960 MWh system and was expected to begin operating in 2027. The announcement followed the investment decision taken in September 2024.
Hamilton Lane reported more than $615 million in commitments to its inaugural Venture Access Fund, exceeding a $500 million fundraising target.
Warburg Pincus announced its ADIA-anchored WPCS Founders Fund had deployed over US$1bn. Fund's August 2024 close was over US$4bn; these are aggregate fund metrics, not ADIA's LP commitment.
Lexington appoints two new partners. Official firm or parent-company announcement.
Wells Fargo confirmed that the Federal Reserve terminated two 2011 consent orders concerning legacy mortgage servicing and the former Wells Fargo Financial business. The February 4, 2025 announcement is a distinct historical event from the later termination of the 2018 Federal Reserve order.
London CIV announced a £100 million commitment through the LCIV UK Housing Fund to L&G's Affordable Housing Fund at its second close. The investing party was the managed housing vehicle, and the recipient was the L&G fund. The announcement placed the commitment within London CIV's pooled affordable-housing investment strategy. It does not establish a corporate balance-sheet investment or an ownership percentage.
Antares appointed Olga Kosters managing director and head of Credit Secondaries. The firm said its dedicated investment strategy would encompass GP-led and LP-led credit secondaries and leverage its private credit underwriting and structuring capabilities. Kosters was based in New York and reported to Benjamin Chapin, the newly appointed head of Liquidity Solutions. Antares noted it had completed multiple credit secondary transactions in 2024 and planned to expand activity. The release documents a senior investment-leadership hire and a strategy expansion, not an announced new standalone fund closing or a numeric capital allocation.
Entertainment 360 announced that it would receive its first external strategic investment from Carlyle. The Credit Opportunities team supported the transaction to fund the talent-management and production company’s growth. Its board and leadership would remain intact. The investment amount and instrument were not disclosed.
Wells Fargo announced that its 2022 CFPB consent order concerning automobile lending, consumer deposit accounts and mortgage lending had terminated. The company identified this as the seventh consent order closed by its regulators since 2019, as of January 28, 2025.
Your.World received €800 million of long-term partnership capital as preferred equity from Ares Management Credit funds and Carlyle. The European online-services provider uses a serial-acquisition growth strategy. The amount is the combined preferred-equity investment, not Carlyle’s individual contribution.
Brad McCarthy joined Carlyle as Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific for Global Wealth, based in Singapore. He also oversees the institutional wealth channel in Australia and New Zealand. Previously he led alternative-investment sales in Asia Pacific at Citi Private Bank and Global Wealth.
Ed Olebe became head of Cards and Merchant Services effective immediately, joining from JPMorgan Chase, where he was president of Branded Cards. He succeeded Ray Fischer following Fischer’s announced retirement. Olebe previously led Grasp Mobile Commerce and held roles at Mastercard and American Express.
Schroders Capital announced Minal Patel as its new Global Head of Infrastructure, covering investment activity under the Schroders Greencoat platform.
Thoma Bravo completed fundraising for Credit Fund III, bringing total available capital for its credit platform to US$3.6 billion.
Golub reported $27.8 billion in 2024 financing commitments, $15.5 billion of new investment capital, $14.9 billion in securitizations and European lending expansion. These different flow measures must not be recorded as AUM.
Reuters reported Turion launched October 2024 and earned 14.2% over its 2024 launch period. USD1.5B was a prospective fund size, not a verified final close.
Point72 Private Investments led; article says initial investment 2018 Series B, conflicting with directory 2021 Series C.
Franklin Templeton and Lexington launch FLEX fund. Official firm or parent-company announcement.
Oxford's Leveraged Lending Group reported approximately $1.2 billion in new capital commitments during 2024 and more than $1 billion deployed to new and existing borrowers. It completed 13 new platform transactions, seven credit-facility upsizes and 25 delayed-draw term-loan fundings. Financing supported acquisitions and organic growth in healthcare, life sciences, business services and technology.
