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Direct lenders take the initiative as banks step back
In recent weeks, private credit and direct lenders have brought more certainty to borrowers as capital markets were roiled by tariff chaos
Banks already working on deals in the industrials and chemicals sectors
As Ares raises the largest direct lending fund, Goldman Sachs reorganises to serve the trend
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CVC Capital Partners has closed its latest European and North American fund at a hard cap of €15.5bn. That makes this its largest fund and one of the largest ever by a European private equity firm. -
The loan backing 3i’s €247m investment in Formel D, the German car and car parts services firm, is due to be launched into syndication in early June.
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Apax Partners and Fortino Capital have mandated banks for a €360m debt package to finance the merger of Maltese telecom firm Melita and Vodafone Malta.
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A group of private equity firms have joined forces to merge UK insurance broker Towergate and four peers into a new industry player called Kirs, and this week launched a £800m bond to back the move.
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Hensoldt, the KKR-owned defence electronics firm, held a lender call on Wednesday morning for a €170m incremental term loan, following its acquisition of avionics business EuroAvionics. The deal comes as some investors are concerned the leveraged loan market could return to the extreme conditions of earlier in the year.
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PortAventura, the Spanish theme park operator, has scheduled a bank meeting for Thursday morning in London for a €620m seven year term loan ‘B’ refinancing and dividend recapitalisation.
