Marathon Asset Management, a leading global credit manager with $23 billion in assets under management, and Webster Financial Corporation, the holding company for Webster Bank, a top performing commercial bank with $76 billion in assets, announced...
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July 02, 2024, 08:00 AM
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BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin, a leading independent provider of private markets data for £2.55 billion or approximately $3.2 billion in cash. Bringing together Preqin’s data and research tools with Aladdin’s complementary workflow...
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July 02, 2024, 07:52 AM
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According to a Bloomberg report, Antares Capital is looking to raise as much as $6 billion for its third senior loan fund.According to the Bloomberg report, the direct lender’s third fund has a target of $5 billion to $6 billion, though that figure...
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June 18, 2024, 08:05 AM
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White Oak Commercial Finance closed a new $1.1 billion credit facility agented by Wells Fargo Bank, and including 11 other banks, increasing the capital that can be invested in asset-based lending (ABL). Additionally, WOCF and White Oak ABL announced...
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June 14, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Ares Commercial Finance (“ACF”) announced it is marking 10 years as the commercial finance platform of Ares Management. The evolution of the platform began with the acquisition of Keltic Financial Services, LLC in 2014 and was further augmented with...
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June 10, 2024, 07:43 AM
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Principal Asset Management launched the Principal Private Credit Fund I, offering exposure to lower and core middle market loans, with immediate access to these direct lending investments. The fund will target 90% plus exposure to private credit and...
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June 05, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Nassau Financial Group (“Nassau”), a provider of fixed annuities and asset management, and Golub Capital, a direct lender and experienced credit asset manager, have signed a definitive agreement to enter into a strategic partnership. As part of this...
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June 04, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Benefit Street Partners announced the final close of BSP Special Situations Fund II and its affiliated vehicles (“Fund II”) which were oversubscribed with approximately $850 million in capital commitments. Fund II will seek to continue the investment...
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May 10, 2024, 07:30 AM
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Colbeck Capital Management announced that Jared Talisman has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Head of Originations. Talisman most recently served as a Managing Director at Principal Alternative Credit, where he led and managed the sourcing...
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May 07, 2024, 07:55 AM
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Ares Management Corporation announced that funds managed by its Credit Group closed approximately $9.3 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 71 transactions during the first quarter of 2024 and approximately $29.6 billion in direct...
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May 02, 2024, 08:05 AM
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Golub Capital announced the final close of its sixth credit opportunities fund, GEMS Fund 6, L.P. (“the Fund” or “Fund 6”), with $2 billion of investable capital.Fund 6 is the largest Golub Capital Credit Opportunities fund to-date. Commitments were...
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May 01, 2024, 07:57 AM
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The private equity industry is showing resilience and optimism for 2024 despite shifting market dynamics, according to the S&P Global Market Intelligence 2024 Private Equity and Venture Capital Outlook. According to the outlook, private equity...
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April 30, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Golub Capital announced the launch of its Insurance Solutions team, a group of dedicated insurance and asset management professionals who will expand the way the Firm works with insurance company partners. Jennifer Potenta has joined the Firm to lead...
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April 30, 2024, 07:38 AM
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Hercules Capital is celebrating its 20th year of originations activity by reaching the $20.0 billion milestone in total debt commitments.Founded in December 2003, and originating its first deal in 2004, the Company’s mission was simple: Provide...
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April 24, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Deerpath Capital Management closed Deerpath CLO 2024-1, a $452.61 million collateralized loan obligation (CLO). This marks Deerpath's first new issuance CLO in 2024. Including a CLO reset and upsize in July 2023 and CLO 2023-2, this transaction...
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April 23, 2024, 07:40 AM
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VSS Capital Partners (“VSS”), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, education, and business services industries, announced that Michael Gebhardt has joined as a Principal. Gebhardt will focus on sourcing new investment opportunities...
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April 22, 2024, 05:14 AM
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Altera, an alternative asset manager that capitalizes the lower middle market, has surpassed $400 million of capital commitments across its flagship private equity strategies and thematic private investments. Since inception, the firm has backed over...
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March 25, 2024, 07:56 AM
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In a recently posted Bloomberg Intelligence Credit Edge podcast, Bruce Richards, CEO and Chairman of Marathon Asset Management says asset-based lending is set to expand over the next 10 years at the same strong pace as private credit.
Listen to the...
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March 15, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Porter Capital Group announced a landmark achievement, having surpassed $10 billion in funding provided to businesses nationwide. With a broad client base spanning coast to coast, Porter Capital Group is recognized for its expertise in alternative...
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March 13, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Blackstone Credit & Insurance (“BXCI”) and Aligned Data Centers, a leading technology infrastructure company, announced that Blackstone has provided an initial $600 million senior secured credit facility to support the development of Aligned’s newest...
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March 13, 2024, 07:55 AM
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Ares Management Corporation announced that its Special Opportunities strategy, currently a business within its Private Equity Group, will be joining the firm’s Credit Group and will be named Opportunistic Credit. Moving the strategy to the Credit...
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February 26, 2024, 08:02 AM
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U.S. Bank has launched a new division dedicated to serving private capital firms and global asset managers.The Private Capital and Global Asset Management division brings together all parts of the bank that currently serve more than 200 private...
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February 22, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Liquidity Group, a global $2.5B AUM asset manager specializing in growth-stage private credit, added three executives to lead its newly formed Financial Institutions Group (FIG). Reggie Mills, Robert Amato and Sonia Peterson now hold roles as Head of...
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February 20, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Comvest Partners, an operationally-focused middle-market private investment firm, completed a new growth capital investment in ClearOne Advantage, LLC, a Baltimore-based debt resolution services provider. Comvest has been a capital provider to...
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February 19, 2024, 06:00 AM
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Bain Capital Credit announced that the firm’s Private Credit Group invested approximately $2 billion to support the growth of middle market and private equity-backed companies in 2023.Bain Capital Credit’s Private Credit Group invested in 58...
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February 16, 2024, 07:35 AM
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Silver Creek Capital Management announced that David Matter has joined the Firm as Co-Chief Investment Officer. Matter was most recently a Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock Alternative Advisors (BAA), BlackRock’s Hedge...
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February 12, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Ares Management Corporation announced that funds managed by its Credit Group closed approximately $10.1 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 78 transactions during the fourth quarter of 2023 and approximately $22.4 billion in direct...
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February 08, 2024, 07:58 AM
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PineBridge Investments, a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing, announced the final close of PineBridge Private Credit III ("Fund III") as of 30 January 2024, as part of the firm’s lower-middle-market direct...
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February 07, 2024, 07:58 AM
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White Oak Global Advisors announced that, along with its Financing Affiliates (collectively “White Oak”), it deployed $1.1 billion in capital in 2023. "Last year marked a significant increase in the demand for our flexible financing solutions...
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February 05, 2024, 08:05 AM
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Carlyle closed a $750 million senior secured debt financing for The Parking Spot, the largest near-airport parking company in the United States. The facility will support the refinancing of existing debt associated with a subset of The Parking Spot’s...
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February 05, 2024, 07:50 AM
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Golub Capital acted as Administrative Agent and Sole Lead Arranger on a $2.11 billion unitranche facility to refinance Aptean’s existing first lien and second lien broadly syndicated loan facilities.Aptean is a leading global provider of mission...
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February 01, 2024, 07:50 AM
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Ares Management Corporation announced that Julie Solomon, Global Chief Operating Officer of Ares Real Estate, has been promoted to Co-Head of Real Estate alongside Bill Benjamin, current Head of Real Estate. Effective immediately, Solomon and...
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January 31, 2024, 07:38 AM
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The TCW Group announced the launch of a dedicated Asset-Backed Finance (“ABF”) business that will be anchored with over $1 billion in capital commitments from TCW, partners, and affiliates.TCW was an early entrant to private credit and the continued...
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January 26, 2024, 07:40 AM
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Citi and LuminArx Capital announced the launch of Cinergy, a strategic financing vehicle in the rapidly growing private lending market. Launched by LuminArx Capital, Cinergy will offer a broad range of private credit solutions to companies, including...
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January 19, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Vensure Employer Solutions, a leading provider of HR/HCM technology, managed services, and global business process outsourcing, announced that Stone Point Capital Markets, a division of Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm based in Greenwich...
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December 21, 2023, 07:58 AM
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Gridiron Capital announced that RidgeLake Partners has made a passive, minority investment in the firm. RidgeLake, a strategic partnership between OA Private Capital and Apogem Capital, is a dedicated platform focused on acquiring non-control equity...
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November 08, 2023, 07:06 AM
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Ares Management Corporation announced that funds managed by its Credit Group (collectively “Ares”) closed approximately $6.1 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 53 transactions during the third quarter of 2023 and approximately $20.6...
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October 31, 2023, 08:00 AM
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Bloomberg reported that BlackRock predicts that the global private debt market will roughly double to $3.5 trillion by 2028.According to the Bloomberg report, BlackRock is forecasting that major shifts in financial markets will spur more borrowers to...
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October 27, 2023, 08:18 AM
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LongWater Opportunities, a lower middle market alternative asset manager, has launched a new dedicated private credit and capital solutions strategy focused on the lower-middle market. To drive the strategy, LongWater has hired a team of eight...
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October 25, 2023, 08:03 AM
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Ares Management Corporation and Vinci Partners Investments Ltd. have reached an agreement to form a strategic partnership to accelerate the growth of Vinci's platform in Latin America and to collaborate on distribution, product development and other...
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October 11, 2023, 06:52 AM
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Ninepoint Partners, one of Canada’s leading alternative investment management firms, released a new white paper that analyzes the factors they believe are setting the stage for the continued growth of the private debt asset class across the globe....
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May 25, 2023, 07:21 AM
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Hercules Capital announced that Hercules Adviser (“Hercules Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hercules Capital, has established a new institutional private credit lending program. The new private credit lending program was established to...
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March 27, 2023, 07:57 AM
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PGIM Private Capital provided $16.1 billion of senior debt and junior capital to 241 middle-market companies and projects globally in 2022, completing a second consecutive record year of originations for the firm. PGIM Private Capital is a leading...
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February 13, 2023, 07:56 AM
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Antares Capital announced that Seth Katzenstein has joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of Broadly Syndicated Loans to build the firm’s broadly syndicated loan (“BSL”) business. Katzenstein will be based in New York and report to Vivek...
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January 11, 2023, 08:00 AM
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Churchill Asset Management raised over $12 billion in third-party committed capital for the firm’s most recent senior lending program.This milestone includes the closings of the firm’s flagship levered and unlevered senior loan funds...
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October 10, 2022, 08:05 AM
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Benefit Street Partners (“BSP”) and its parent company Franklin Templeton announced the launch of Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund (FBSPX). The fund takes a multi-strategy approach to investing in US middle market private credit, seeking to generate...
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October 04, 2022, 08:02 AM
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MetLife Investment Management (MIM), the institutional asset management business of MetLife, originated $9.2 billion in private placement debt and private structured credit for the first half of 2022 across 137 transactions. This was a record for MIM...
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August 26, 2022, 08:05 AM
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The Merchant Opportunities Fund, a Vancouver-based private debt fund focused on investing in specialty finance portfolios, has increased its revolving debt facility with the Bank of Montreal ("BMO"). The facility now consists of a $27.5 million...
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July 12, 2022, 07:00 AM
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Kian Capital Partners, a middle-market focused private investment firm, announced the addition of three new team members to support the firm’s continued growth. Thomas Bullock and Doyle Silvia join the firm as Associates, and Mikaela Palma as Senior...
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May 26, 2022, 07:17 AM
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Stellus Capital Management, a leader in middle market direct lending, announced the final close of Stellus Credit Fund III (“SCF III” or “the Fund”). The Firm materially exceeded its target fundraising goal with approximately $1.8 billion of...
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May 20, 2022, 07:50 AM
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StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm, announced the final closing of StepStone Senior Corporate Lending II (“SCL II” or “the Fund”), raising over $1.3 billion of commitments, surpassing its target of $1 billion. Through SCL II...
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May 05, 2022, 08:00 AM
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Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with more than $51 billion of assets under management, successfully completed fundraising for its second Private Credit program (PC II), closing the oversubscribed program with more...
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April 15, 2022, 07:37 AM
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Angelo Gordon announced that Alan Isenberg, former Head of Product Strategy and Marketing at Neuberger Berman, has joined the firm as Global Head of its Client Partnership Group. In this role, he is responsible for leading the firm’s worldwide client...
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April 04, 2022, 08:05 AM
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MetLife Investment Management (MIM), the institutional asset management business of MetLife, originated $15.6 billion in private placement debt and private structured credit across 247 transactions in 2021. This included $3.0 billion of investments...
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March 10, 2022, 08:08 AM
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Principal Global Investors®, through its direct lending business, Principal Alternative Credit, closed out 2021 with a more than eight-fold increase in committed capital, advancing its plans to expand its private debt capabilities. Marking the...
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January 20, 2022, 08:03 AM
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Antares Capital announced that Timothy Lyne, founding partner and current Chief Operating Officer (COO), will succeed David Brackett as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Brackett announced that he will be retiring from his role as CEO on December 31...
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October 12, 2021, 08:05 AM
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Audax Private Debt announced that, as Administrative Agent and Sole Lead Arranger, it provided a unitranche credit facility to support the acquisition of Care Advantage by Searchlight Capital Partners (“Searchlight”), a New York-based private equity...
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September 17, 2021, 07:28 AM
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J.P. Morgan Asset Management announced the launch of J.P. Morgan Private Capital, which includes a new growth equity investment arm and an existing private debt business, committed to providing customized solutions for early and growth stage...
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June 08, 2021, 07:56 AM
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ABL Advisor has launched a new video series featuring exclusive interviews with highly respected leaders from various disciplines of commercial finance, allowing them to share their professional and personal insights into the impact the coronavirus...
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April 29, 2020, 09:00 AM
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Ninepoint Partners (Ninepoint), one of Canada’s alternatives asset managers, is pleased to announce the launch of the Ninepoint Monroe U.S. Private Debt Fund (The Fund). Ninepoint has engaged the Chicago-based private credit asset management firm...
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April 11, 2019, 09:12 AM
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Prudential Capital Group provided $5.3 billion of senior debt and junior capital to middle-market companies and projects globally in the first half of 2018.
"Our global footprint and our origination platform have enabled us to meet borrower demand...
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July 20, 2018, 07:00 AM
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A flood of private equity investment into the institutional middle market has pushed the share of highly leveraged deals in the sector to record highs, with more lenders negotiating "borrower-friendly" deals that include lower spreads, looser...
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June 25, 2018, 08:00 AM
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A new survey of private debt investors by Preqin and NXT Capital survey has found that 45% believe that the private debt market is at a peak, and that the coming months will see a correction. In response, investors are looking increasingly to US...
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June 22, 2018, 07:14 AM
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Audax Group, a leading alternative asset management firm specializing in investments in North American middle market companies, announced the successful final close of Audax Senior Loan Fund III (“SLF III” or “the Fund”) at its hard cap of $500...
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October 18, 2016, 07:03 AM
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