Alternative Credit Awards: Shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the Alternative Credit Awards has been released, recognising the most influential players in the private debt industry.
Climate transition fund manager of the year
Apollo Global Management
SUSI Partners
ILX Management
BNP Paribas Asset Management
Distressed debt manager of the year
Oaktree Capital Management
Arrow Global
NorthWall Capital
Balbec Capital
Fund manager of the year
Ares Management
Permira Credit
Federated Hermes
Eurazeo
Fund of the year $1bn+
Ares Senior Direct Lending III
Oaktree Special Situations Fund III
Kartesia Senior Opportunities II
Kayne Anderson BDC
Fund of the year sub $1bn
Fintex Private Debt
Eiffel Impact Debt II
TwentyFour Income Fund
Leste Credit Opportunity Fund
Impact fund manager of the year
Allianz Global Investors
Eiffel Investment Group
BNP Paribas Asset Management
Eurazeo
Infrastructure debt manager of the year
Macquarie
Edmond de Rothschild
AXA IM Alts
Rivage Investment
Innovative fund $1bn+
Ares Pathfinder Fund II
Audax Direct Lending Solutions Fund II
Avenue Europe Special Situations Fund V
Pemberton Strategic Credit Fund III
Innovative fund sub $1bn
AxiaFunder
M&G Corporate Credit Opportunities ELTIF
NorthWall European Opportunities Fund I
L&G Private Markets Access Fund
Junior lender of the year
ICG
Kartesia
Churchill Asset Management
CVC Capital Partners
Lower mid-market lender of the year
Kayne Anderson
Federated Hermes
Man Varagon
ThinCats
Market commentator of the year
Oaktree Capital Management
Ares Management
Benefit Street Partners
Churchill Asset Management
Mezzanine lender of the year
Shojin
Fintex Capital
HPS Investment Partners
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Performance $1bn+
Ares Senior Direct Lending II
Apollo Diversified Credit Fund
Fasanara Capital Global Diversified Alternative Debt Fund
Benefit Street Partners Debt Fund V
Performance sub $1bn
LibreMax Dislocation Fund
Vibrant AMBAR Fund
Fintex Private Debt
Blend Network
Real estate debt manager of the year
LaSalle Investment Management
Blackstone
Precede Capital Partners
Leste Group
Private credit secondaries fund of the year
Coller Credit Secondaries – Opportunities Fund I
Pantheon Credit Opportunities Fund II
Portfolio Advisors Credit Strategies Fund
Senior lender of the year
Triple Point Private Credit
Pemberton Asset Management
Permira Credit
Ares Management
Special situations debt manager of the year
Arrow Global
NorthWall Capital
Oaktree Capital Management
Tikehau Capital
Wealth market proposition of the year
M&G Investments
Eurazeo
Carlyle
BlackRock
UK small cap categories:
IFISA provider of the year
easyMoney
Kuflink
Folk2Folk
Simple Crowdfunding
P2P lender of the year
Folk2Folk
CrowdProperty
Kuflink
The Money Platform
UK bridging lender of the year (sub-£1bn)
Kuflink
Somo
Shojin
easyMoney
UK property development lender of the year (sub-£1bn)
CrowdProperty
Blend
Relendex
CapitalRise
UK SME finance provider of the year (sub-£1bn)
Folk2Folk
ThinCats
Rebuildingsociety
Service provider categories:
Compliance service
Vigilant Compliance
Ocorian
Acuity Knowledge Partners
Turnkey Trading Partners
Fund administrator
Aztec Group
BNY
Ocorian
MUFG Investor Services
Suntera Fund Services
Law firm – fund structuring
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
Macfarlanes
Debevoise & Plimpton
Law firm – transactions
White & Case
A&O Shearman
Dechert
Cahill Gordon
Placement agent
Rede Partners
Campbell Lutyens
Devonshire Warwick Capital
Stone Mountain Capital
FIRSTavenue
Ratings provider
S&P Global Ratings
Moody’s Ratings
Fitch Ratings
KBRA
Technology provider
Oxane Partners
Broadridge Financial Services
Allvue Systems
Dilligenz AI
Thank you to our judges:
Christian Faes, chief executive of Faes & Co and co-founder of LendInvest
Claire Madden, managing partner of Connection Capital
Aymen Mahmoud, managing partner at McDermott, Will & Emery
Neil Faulkner, managing director of P2P ratings and research firm 4th Way
Mike Carter, senior policy adviser at Innovate Finance
Alternative Credit Investor‘s editorial team
The Alternative Credit Awards, hosted by Alternative Credit Investor, will take place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at the Royal Lancaster London. For table sales, please email ACI’s sales and marketing manager Tehmeena Khan at [email protected].
