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 European 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

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

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

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
Vantage Portal by Waystone
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
Nordic Trustee
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.

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