Italian private equity manager Clessidra raises €320m for receivables fund

The fund will focus on assisting 14 Italian companies to restructure and relaunch their businesses.

Italian private equity manager Clessidra has launched a fund to acquire bank credit for companies that are restructuring.

The Clessidra Restructuring Fund has already raised €320 million at first close and has acquired ‘unlikely to pay’ receivables for 14 companies based in Italy. UTPs are bank credits which do not have recovery plans, restructuring agreements or preventative agreements in place.