Alternative Credit Awards 2025: Shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for this year’s Alternative Credit Awards has now been announced. Read the full list below!
Alternative investment platform of the year
Moonfare
Connection Capital
Titanbay
Apollo Global Management
Asset-backed finance manager of the year
Channel Capital
Rithm Capital
TPG Angelo Gordon
Pollen Street
Asset-backed finance deal of the year
Folk2Folk – Penzance Dry Dock
TPG Angelo Gordon – Project Venice
Channel Capital – FlapKap
Fintex Capital – Forest
BDC of the year
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp.
Trinity Capital Blackstone Private Credit Fund
Crescent Capital BDC
Best investment-grade private credit offering
Apollo Global Management
Ares Management
L&G
Shojin
Best new entrant
LND
Colesco Capital
Faes & Co
Corinthia Global Management
Best market innovation
Fair Oaks Capital
BRI Manajemen Investasi
Rithm Capital
Liquidity
Distressed debt manager of the year
Ares Management
Oaktree Capital Management
Arrow Global
Ironshield Capital Management
ELTIF of the year
M&G Corporate Credit Opportunities
Eiffel Infrastructures Vertes
Carlyle European Tactical Private Credit Fund
Patrizia Infrastructure Invest
Evergreen fund of the year
Eiffel Infrastructures Vertes
StepStone Private Credit Income Fund
Magnetar Constellation Fund
ILX Fund I
Fund manager of the year
Blackstone
Ares Management
Permira Credit
Adams Street Partners
Fund of the year ($1bn+)
Arcmont Direct Lending Fund III
Ares Senior Direct Lending Fund III
Brinley Private Debt Fund I
CVC Credit European Direct Lending IV
Fund of the year (Sub $1bn)
Fair Oaks Dynamic Credit Fund
AshGrove Specialty Lending Fund II
Lendable Credit Opportunities RAIF – III
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund
Fund finance provider of the year
17Capital
Ares Management
Pemberton
Ardian
Impact fund manager of the year
AXA IM Alts
Eiffel Investment Group
Infranity
Kartesia
Ambienta
Infrastructure debt manager of the year
Blackstone
Infranity
Eiffel Investment Group
IFM Investors
Innovative fund of the year ($1bn+)
Pantheon Senior Debt III
M&G Corporate Credit Opportunities
AlbaCore Senior Direct Lending Fund
NB Specialty Finance Fund III
Innovative fund of the year (Sub $1bn)
Fair Oaks AAA CLO Fund
NorthWall Opportunities Fund II
Sienna Biodiversity Private Credit Fund
Mercurius Media Capital
Interval fund of the year
StepStone Private Credit Income Fund
CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund
AB CarVal Credit Opportunities Fund
Junior lender of the year
Ares Management
Churchill Asset Management
Clearlake Credit
Crescent Capital Group
Lower mid-market lender of the year
Kartesia
TPG Twin Brook
Eurazeo
AshGrove Capital
Market commentator of the year
Churchill Asset Management
Ares Management
Oaktree Capital Management
Leste Group
Performance of the year ($1bn+)
Magnetar Constellation Fund
Adams Street Partners Private Credit
Audax Private Debt
Permira Credit
Performance (Sub $1bn)
NorthWall GCF II
Ironshield Credit Opportunities Fund
TwentyFour Income Fund
AxiaFunder
Private credit secondaries fund of the year
Pantheon Senior Debt III
Coller Credit Secondaries Opportunities Fund I
Tikehau Private Debt Secondaries II
Generali Private Credit Secondaries Fund
Real estate debt manager of the year
AXA IM Alts
Arrow Global
Madison Realty Capital
Faes & Co
Senior lender of the year
Churchill Asset Management
Ares Management
CVC Credit
Arcmont Asset Management
Special situations debt manager of the year
Oaktree Capital Management
Tikehau Capital
NorthWall Capital
GoldenTree Asset Management
SRT investor of the year
Magnetar
Ares Management
ArrowMark Partners
Chorus Capital
Wealth market proposition of the year
M&G Investments
Eiffel Investment Group
StepStone Private Wealth Solutions
Folk2Folk
Direct lending deal of the year (large cap)
Ares Management – Catalent
Blackstone – CoreWeave
Oak Hill Advisors – Worldpac
Direct lending deal of the year (mid cap)
Carlyle – Lanes Group
Ares Management – W.S. Connelly
Arcmont – Specialist Risk Group
S3 Capital – Astoria Cove
Direct lending deal of the year (small cap)
Eiffel Investment Group – Nutripure
Cordet Capital Partners – hsbcad
Ares Management – Bluejack Fire & Life Safety
CLO categories:
BSL CLO manager of the year
Blackstone
CVC Credit
Permira Credit
Pemberton
Private credit CLO manager of the year
Churchill Asset Management
Ares Management
Blackstone
Barings
BSL CLO of the year
Fair Oaks Loan Funding V
Margay III
Indigo Credit Management III
Apidos XLVII
Private credit CLO of the year
Churchill Middle Market CLO V
Barings Euro Middle Market CLO
Audax Senior Debt CLO 12
Specialist lender categories:
UK property development lender of the year (sub £1bn)
easyMoney
Relendex
Triple Point Private Credit
Invest & Fund
UK bridging lender of the year (sub £1bn)
easyMoney
Kuflink
London Credit
MT Finance
UK SME finance provider of the year (sub £1bn)
LND
Triple Point Private Credit
Folk2Folk
365 Finance
P2P lender of the year
Kuflink
Folk2Folk
Relendex
The Money Platform
Monefit
IFISA provider of the year
easyMoney
Folk2Folk
Shojin
Kuflink
Service provider categories:
AI solution of the year
Auquan
Allvue Systems
AND Solutions
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Compliance service of the year
Vigilant Compliance
Addition Compliance
Turnkey Trading Partners
TMF Group
Fund administration software of the year
Allvue Systems
Waystone Administration Solutions
qashqade
Gen II
Fund administrator of the year – overall
Aztec Group
IQ-EQ
Suntera Fund Services
CSC
Alter Domus
Fund administrator of the year – tech innovation
Aztec Group
Waystone Administration Solutions
SS&C
Apex Group
FX solution of the year
Record Financial Group
MillTech
Chatham Financial
Argentex
Law firm of the year – transactions
Dechert
Fox Williams
White & Case
Weil
Law firm of the year – fund structuring
Dechert
Linklaters
Clifford Chance
Norton Rose
Placement agent of the year
Stone Mountain Capital
Sondhelm Partners
Spartan Advisors
Campbell Lutyens
Portfolio management solution of the year
Cardo AI
Hypercore
Oxane Partners
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Loan agency services of the year
GLAS
Oxane Partners
Ocorian
Wilmington Trust
Regulatory and compliance technology solution of the year
Titanbay
Auquan
Lumonic
ACA Group
Tech provider of the year
Hypercore
Allvue Systems
Oxane Partners
Broadridge Financial Solutions
The winners of the Alternative Credit Awards will be announced at a glittering ceremony on Wednesday 19 November 2025 at the Royal Lancaster London.
For more information about the Alternative Credit Awards, go to alternativecreditawards.com.
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