Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
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
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
Dyal Capital, the US private equity firm that specialises in buying minority equity stakes in private equity and hedge fund managers, has employed a financing method — private placements securitized on fund cashflows — rarely seen before in its industry, writes Silas Brown. -
Schuldschein agents have begun offering borrowers delayed draws in a bid to increase the product's value as a funding option. Many investors are wary of the prospect of deferred funding but are also desperate for supply.
-
Banks arranging private placements in Europe have started weighing up bringing companies from the financial sector to market, amid a deal drought from the corporate borrowers which are the usual staple fare.
-
Online travel agency Hostelworld has signed a five year €30m secured loan facility with HPS Investment Partners, the asset manager headquartered in New York.
-
Listed real estate firm CPI Property is repaying a portion of its Schuldschein early at par, taking advantage of favourable legal conditions in Germany regarding early prepayments of floating rate loans. Sources say other companies may use this option if funding conditions remain so attractive in public markets.
-
A pair of sovereigns privately placed century bonds this week, with one of the borrowers — Ireland — dipping below the 1% point for the first time at this sort of tenor.
