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Karri Vuori has joined UK mid-market M&A firm Cavendish Corporate Finance as a partner. -
Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust is in discussions with banks for a S$120m ($87m) loan that will support its acquisition of shopping malls in Indonesia.
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Technical changes to the UK government’s large business support scheme open the way for private equity-owned firms to draw on the facility, but limits on dividends and new indebtedness may still discourage sponsors from using the scheme.
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Caesars Entertainment, the US casino operator, is in advanced talks to buy UK gambling company William Hill for £2.9bn in cash. The deal will be financed with an equity raising by Caesars of about $1.7bn and a new $2bn non-recourse loan, secured on William Hill's non-US assets. It may be the start of a cascade of M&A.
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China’s Minth Group, an auto parts company, has closed its debut loan at a bigger size of $200m.
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Sovereign wealth funds from Abu Dhabi and Qatar have started to take ownership positions in new direct lending platforms in Europe and the US. But as Western economies plough into a deep recession, while rival investors still sit on barrels of dry powder, the wealth funds' decision to push into middle market credit now is surprising.
