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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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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. -
As the shareholder acceptance deadline for German pharmaceuticals firm Stada’s €4.1bn buyout loomed on Thursday, there has been talk in the market about the rising influence of activist investors in Europe. Historically a largely US phenomenon, some market participants think Europe is set to experience a surge in shareholder activism of its own, shaking up the corporate landscape and inviting further leveraged buyouts, writes Max Bower.
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Putting litigation problems behind it, Italian buildings manager Manutencoop Facility Management SpA returned to the high yield bond market on Wednesday to fund a buyout, in which its cooperative parent will buy private equity firms out of its shareholder structure.
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Permira Debt Managers has sole-financed Liberty Hall Capital Partners’ $135m acquisition of UK aircraft tyre company Dunlop with a £45m loan, after closing its third direct lending fund at €2.1bn this week.
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A €17m floating rate issue will be listed on the Third Market of the Vienna Börse to fund the acquisition of Corpo Vigili Giurati, the Italian private security group, by the Berni-Gamberini family.
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CVC flexed its buyout muscles again this week, buying two European tech companies for more than €1bn, while Blackstone has agreed to a joint venture for its recently acquired cigarette filter making business Rhodia Acetow with a unit of US chemicals firm Celanese.
