Siguler Guff's Tactical Credit Strategy Posts Record Q4 Deal Activity
- Editor
- Feb 6
- 2 min read
What's Happening: Siguler Guff, a multi-strategy private markets investment firm, announced a record quarter of deal activity in Q4 2024 for its Tactical Credit investment strategy. The firm's credit platform raised over $1.2 billion in new commitments during 2024 and launched its first evergreen fund for tactical credit.
The Key Moves:
Siguler Guff closed multiple tactical credit investments in Q4, including a $54 million senior secured credit facility for an auto logistics acquisition and a $50 million senior secured credit facility for a digital transformation firm.
The firm launched the Siguler Guff Tactical Credit Evergreen Fund (TCEF) in May 2024, its first evergreen fund for the tactical credit strategy.
Siguler Guff's credit platform has invested $9 billion since 2002 across various credit investment strategies.
By The Numbers :
Siguler Guff has approximately $18 billion of assets under management.
The firm's credit platform raised over $1.2 billion in new commitments during the last twelve months.
Siguler Guff's credit platform has invested $9 billion since 2002.
Key Quotes:
"We were pleased by the record pace and range of tactical credit investments during the fourth quarter," said Michael Apfel, Partner and Head of Credit and Special Situations at Siguler Guff.
"We are currently finding exceptional opportunities in asset-backed finance, lending to businesses with less than $50 million of EBITDA, and real estate lending, which we expect to continue in 2025," added Michael Apfel.
Drew Guff, Co-Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, stated, "We believe the real value for investors in private markets is not in increasingly larger and more competitive deals, but rather in more difficult-to-access niches, smaller companies, and complex situations where demand for capital is at a premium and risk-adjusted return profiles are superior."
The Bottom Line: Siguler Guff's Tactical Credit strategy is capitalizing on opportunities in specialty finance and corporate lending, with a focus on stable income, low market correlation, and shorter duration investments. The record Q4 deal activity and successful fundraising demonstrate the firm's strong position in the private credit market.
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