Leverage levels in private credit will increase as alternative asset managers’ rapid capital deployment in turn increases their share of the private credit market, according to a private credit research report by Moody’s Investor Services.
Manulife Investment Management has closed Manulife Capital Partners VII, its $752m private credit fund, which will focus on 20-30 portfolio companies with over $20m in EBITDA across sectors including business services, industrial manufacturing, aerospace and defence, as well as building products.
European specialist private credit investor Veld Capital has partnered with technology-focused investor EOS Group for the purchase of a €364m portfolio of regulated French consumer loans from BNP Paribas Personal Finance, which contains over 125,000 small balance French consumer loans with an average balance of under €3,000.
US private equity firm Carlyle’s Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund will acquire an 82.5% stake in London Southend Airport, a subsidiary of aviation group Esken, formerly Stobart Group, in an agreement to settle £193.75m in debt, with London-based private equity firm Cyrus Capital Partners providing liquidity to Esken.
CVC Capital Partners, Europe’s biggest buyout firm with around €188bn in AUM, is reviving its plans for a $15bn-plus Amsterdam stock market listing that could happen as soon as next month, according to a report by Sky News citing unnamed sources.
Värde Partners, a global credit and credit-related assets investment firm, has promoted both Shannon Gallagher and Anthony Iannazzo to Partners, with the former also serving as Global Head of Business Development and Investor Relations and the latter as Chief Operating Officer.
Alter Domus, a global provider of end-to-end tech-enabled fund administration, private debt, and corporate services for the alternative investment industry, has secured a new strategic investment from private equity firm Cinven.
Summa Equity, an impact investor focused on resource efficiency, changing demographics and tech-enabled transformation, has acquired STIM, a supplier of fish health products and services to the aquaculture sector.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has launched its new private markets transaction desk, a concierge service that allows eligible shareholders and investors to buy and sell eligible private company shares in the secondary market.
JLL Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the healthcare, aerospace and defence, and business services sectors, has promoted Vikas Mouli and James Shillito to Managing Director.
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