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US alternative asset manager Ares has closed an €11bn European direct lending fund, the largest of its kind. -
Artemis Growth Partners, an ESG-focused investment platform dedicated to cannabis, has hired JP Morgan's E. Stanton McLean, a managing director in the US bank's leveraged finance business.
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Mars Capital, now a subsidiary of Arrow Global, has probably sold controlling positions in two Irish reperforming loan portfolios, securitized in RMBS transactions Grand Canal 1 and 2, with the Grand Canal 1 portfolio rapidly returning to the market in a Morgan Stanley-backed deal announced on Wednesday. The move comes as TDR Capital’s bid for Arrow heats up, with shareholders now ready to vote on approval.
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BNP Paribas has hired Boris Funke as head of leveraged finance capital markets in Germany, giving him responsibility for expanding the bank's sponsored and corporate sub-investment grade franchise in the region.
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Crédit Agricole has struck a new synthetic risk transfer deal with the International Finance Corporation, in which it will shed about 90% of the risk on $4bn of emerging market trade finance loans. The IFC expects to use securitization more to help banks in developing countries cope with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Commodity trader Trafigura has closed a $203.5m US private placement. It is the largest sustainability-linked issue on record, according to GlobalCapital analysis, and signals the PP market is taking ESG financing more seriously.
