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Record fundraising in 2025 has left private lenders fighting for deals
Long seen as adversaries, banks and private credit lenders are getting used to working together
Fahy will also lead asset-based finance origination
Direct lending default rates tick higher amid notable distressed situations
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Key Schuldschein arrangers that have long felt uncomfortable with floors at 0% for fixed and floating rate notes are gearing up to bring more borrowers to market with a Euribor floor set below zero in the new year. -
Direct lending funds have raised more money than ever this year, and are writing ever bigger cheques in the sort of investments usually done by broad syndication. However, in all but a handful of cases, syndicated financing is the better option.
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Ermewa, a train lessor owned by France's state-owned railway company SNCF, is set to sell private placements to a collection of six institutional investors — none of which are from France.
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Akuo Energy, a French renewable energy producer, has sold €45m of green Euro Private Placements (Euro PP), as the sustainable element in the market grows.
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The Society of London, better known as Lloyd’s of London, has raised £300m ($387.15m) in its first US private placement (US PP) in its 333-year history. The insurance market achieved tighter margins with lengthier tenors, according to market sources, as the A+/AA- rated borrower benefited from US institutions swapping back to dollars.
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UK water companies have a tricky December to navigate. The UK opposition Labour Party on Thursday made an election pledge to renationalise them, while they also face regulators' desires to toughen the financial regime under which they operate. Silas Brown reports.
