Salus Capital Partners, LLC, a private commercial finance and asset management company providing senior-secured asset-based loans to the middle market, announced that it was recognized as Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Year at the 2014 Americas M&A Atlas Awards, hosted by the Global M&A Network. The award was presented at the annual winners circle gala and celebration, held on October 30th at the Harvard Club in New York City.
“We are incredibly honored to receive this prestigious accolade from the Global M&A Network,” remarked Andrew H. Moser, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Salus Capital. “This award provides further validation to the continued market acceptance of our lending platform and accentuates the growth we have accomplished in our first three years. Salus was founded by a team of industry veterans committed to providing an entrepreneurial approach to asset-based lending and we look forward to serving the middle market in years ahead.”
“The judges for this year’s Americas M&A Atlas Awards were very impressed with Salus’ deal activity as well as the firm’s focus on creating progressive financing solutions for its clients. With this program, we seek to honor the best of the best in the M&A industry, and we felt that Salus exemplified the innovative type of lender that is demanded in today’s environment,” remarked Shanta Kumari, CEO of the Global M&A Network.
The 6th Annual Americas M&A Atlas Awards is part of the “Gold Standard of Performance,” the M&A Atlas Awards global brand, honoring the best value-generating deals, sought-after dealmaker teams and outstanding firms from the North and South American mergers and acquisitions communities. The awards series is held by the Global M&A Network, a diversified information, digital media and educational forum connecting company that exclusively serves the mergers, acquisitions, alternative investing, restructuring and turnaround communities worldwide.
Salus Capital is a direct originator of secured asset-based loans to the middle market across a variety of industries with additional complementary financing throughout the capital structure. Target transaction sizes range from $5 million to $50 million, with the ability to hold up to $100 million and to syndicate larger transactions. The Salus Capital platform may also serve as an asset manager for like-minded institutional investors such as community and regional banks, insurance companies, family offices, private equity funds and hedge funds who may lack the infrastructure and dedicated competency within senior secured lending.