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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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Apax Partners closed its ninth fund at a hard cap of $9bn this week, as the private equity community adds to its record amounts of dry powder amid difficult buyout conditions. -
The number of European direct lending deals increased 6% in the first three quarters of 2016, thanks largely to activity in mainland Europe, according to recent Deloitte research. Deals have also got bigger.
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Swedish private equity firm EQT has sold German-based healthcare group BSN Medical to SCA, in a deal valuing the firm at €2.74bn, following Onex’s announced acquisition of Parkdean Holidays for £1.35bn.
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Elysium Healthcare, the property portfolio being spun out of the Priory Group to BC Partners, has cut its sterling loan offering to £133m after reaching a ground rent agreement mid-transaction.
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The story of the leveraged finance market in 2016 was in many ways the story of the LBO — or perhaps more aptly, the non-story.
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Commitments for CVC-owned French healthcare firm Elsan were due on Thursday for its €730m acquisition term loan, after guidance was tightened twice in an ever bullish loan market as the year end drew near.
