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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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Unilabs, the Apax Partners-owned medical diagnostics firm, has agreed to buy Alpha Medical from Mid Europa Partners in what will be the largest healthcare deal in central Europe since 2008. -
Stone Canyon Industries, the US investment firm, has agreed to buy Mauser for $2.3bn after the German packaging supplier forewent a proposed initial public offering.
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The Business Growth Fund has teamed up with First Derivatives to invest in early stage technology companies in the UK, a sector the country's chancellor cited in the autumn budget as requiring extra funding.
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The sheer amount of excess liquidity in the leveraged finance market in Europe has initiated a relentless repricing wave. And on Tuesday, the head of leveraged finance at a bank in London went as far as to say that the supply/demand imbalance was so extreme it threatened medium term market stability.
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Logoplaste, the Portuguese plastic packaging maker, boarded the loan market's runaway repricing train on Monday, completing a request on four different tranches amid several similar deals.
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Several mid-market buyout deals materialised in the European leveraged finance market at this week, even as private equity firms struggle to source primary issuance amid highly elevated asset prices.
