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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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Misys, the UK financial software firm, held bank meetings on Tuesday in London for a €1bn term loan to back its $3.6bn-equivalent acquisition of D+H, a Canadian competitor, following sponsor Vista Equity Partners’ failed IPO of the UK firm last year. -
Bain Capital and Cinven have agreed to buy Stada, the German generic pharmaceuticals firm, for €4.1bn, in what Dealogic shows is the biggest public-to-private buyout of a European company for four years.
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Refresco, the Dutch soft drinks and juices bottle maker, has rejected a €1.4bn buyout approach from PAI Partners, only two years after it floated at a valuation of around €1.1bn.
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French dough maker Cérélia has launched a €345m loan package for its acquisition of Canadian cookie and muffin maker English Bay Batter, joining UK nurseries firm Busy Bees in signing a roll-up acquisition.
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Private equity firm Black Toro Capital has invested €40m to finance an acquisition by a private company that will create Spain’s largest ice cream maker.
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A trio of names have crowded into the investment grade corporate market on Tuesday, though France’s Arkema is expected to bring the only trade in benchmark size as volumes tail off heading into the Easter break. Meanwhile, Stada's €5.3bn buyout looks to be an early contender for deal of the year in leveraged finance.
