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Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and KKR Credit have joined forces to establish a €500m lending vehicle that will finance house-building schemes in Ireland, the firms said in a joint statement.
ISIF backed Activate Capital with €325m, while KKR Credit invested the remaining €175m. ISIF was established in June 2013 to replace the National Pension Reserve Fund and the new joint venture is its largest investment to date.
Real estate investor the Whitewood Group, pulled its £125m initial public offering (IPO) for debt investment vehicle, Whitewood REFF. The Benelux-focused commercial real estate strategy is still seeking investment from alternative sources rather than the planned Guernsey-registered listed investment trust, said a source familiar with the situation.
The potential IPO was due to complete on 19 March, according to documents published by Whitewood, but was always one of a number of capital-raising options, the source added.
London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has opted for Apollo Capital Management to manage a £150 million private debt mandate out of four possible candidates, the pension fund manager announced.
The mandate will include real estate debt as well as distressed debt, leveraged senior loans and private lending target and will target an absolute return, net of fees, of between 10 and 15 % writes Anna Devine of Private Debt Investor.
London-based alternative investment manager Omni Partners has reached a first close of $45m on its second secured lending fund which will provide short-term finance for UK real estate projects.
Omni Secured Lending Fund (OSL) II is targeting $250m and it should reach that target by the end of the third quarter, the firm’s founder Steve Clark told Real Estate Capital’s sister publication Private Debt Investor.