Oliver Smiddy

The US firm, co-founded by Stephen Feinberg (pictured), has bought another loan portfolio, this time helping NAB to offload a large chunk of its UK commercial real estate loan book.

AnaCap, HIG and Deutsche Bank have acquired a portfolio of non-performing and underperforming real estate loans in Romania’s biggest deal of its kind, and one which suggests investment groups are looking further afield for attractive opportunities.

Pemberton Asset Management has become the latest manager to partner with a large institutional investor. While the deal is certainly a statement of ambition, it's also a defensive move for the firm as banks return to the market.

The London-headquartered firm plans to hold a close for its third Asia Pacific fund in the next few weeks, raise a new European CLO, and launch a fund in Japan, carrying on the momentum built up during a busy second quarter.

The co-sponsored fund has raised $60m of its $200m target, and will be used to fund real estate deals in the MENA region.

Carlyle and GSO dominated the latest rankings of global CLO managers produced by ratings agency Moody’s.

The London-headquartered mezzanine firm has also agreed its first German deal and bolstered its team by bringing in Graphite Capital's Alan Chu.

The private debt arm of Abu Dhabi-headquartered Gulf Capital has backed a regional educational group using capital from its flagship credit fund.

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The Société Générale subsidiary is looking to raise a successor to its €275m 2013-vintage senior debt fund.