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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
Sole bookrunner Morgan Stanley gets deal multiple times covered
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Private equity firm CVC has taken to the leveraged loan market to fund the acquisition of IT systems company QA Group, encouraged by the lower borrowing costs on loans than high yield bonds.
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Environmental service firm Adler & Allan is refinancing all of its debt with a sub-£100m ($130m) unitranche loan from HSBC and alternative investor Bain Capital Credit. The product can pose competition to high yield at bigger sizes, said sources.
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The leveraged loan market is set to take in one more issuer from the high yield bond market as French jewellery retailer Thom Europe looks for new term loans to redeem all of its bonds.
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L1 Retail, the retail division of holding company LetterOne, has agreed to buy UK health food retailer Holland & Barrett from Carlyle for £1.77bn. The deal comes after one global financial sponsors head at a bank forecast less traditional sponsors, such as LetterOne and SoftBank, to become important players in the buyout market.
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French family office Caravelle has been granted exclusivity to buy Tiama, a provider of services to the glass packaging industry, from shareholders EQT Credit II, Kartesia, European Capital and Omnes.
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International schools operator Nord Anglia has tightened pricing and accelerated the deadline on its $1.22bn-equivalent euro term loan, while up to six leveraged loans are due to close syndication at the end of the week.