Omni Partners hits $45m first close on second debt fund

London-based alternative investment manager Omni Partners has reached a first close of $45m on its second secured lending fund which will provide short-term finance for UK real estate projects. Omni Secured Lending Fund (OSL) II is targeting $250m and it should reach that target by the end of the third quarter, the firm’s founder Steve Clark told Real Estate Capital’s sister publication Private Debt Investor.