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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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Carlyle’s credit opportunities fund has provided a full €400m unitranche financing for Infront, after the Swiss sports marketing company opted to switch tracks from its original syndicated loan, launched in April. -
Marketplace lender SoFi became a publicly traded company on Tuesday morning after it’s merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company.
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TDR Capital is injecting £100m in equity and a £250m payment-in-kind financing to recapitalise gym chain David Lloyd Leisure, as part of a broad-based refinancing including the firm’s first public high yield bond issue. Barclays, which has done most of TDR's recent deals, is running the £900m-equivalent bond, announced on Tuesday morning.
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Banks launched the first leg of the buyout package for Hillhouse Capital’s purchase of Philips Domestic Appliances on Tuesday, readying an €850m seven year term loan, with bonds to follow.
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Nordic Capital, the Swedish private equity firm, has signed a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, as ESG finance continues to make inroads into private equity.
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KKR, the US private equity firm, has agreed to buy John Laing in a cash deal that values the UK infrastructure developer at £2bn. KKR will fund the purchase using a mix of equity and debt.
