Global law firm Dechert has appointed Eliot L Relles as a Partner in its corporate and securities practice group as part of efforts to enhance its capabilities in leveraged finance and private credit. Relles will be based in the firm’s New York office.
Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm specialising in credit and credit-related strategies, committed $1.3bn across its asset-based lending and diversified private credit platform during 2023.
Family offices have upped their allocations to alternatives in recent years, with an average 52% of assets now allocated to the asset class up 200 basis points since 2020, and they will continue to do so in 2024, according to a report by global private investment firm KKR.
Healthcare software specialist RLDatix is to refinance its existing debt facilities with a new $2bn-plus private credit loan led by Blue Owl Capital, with Ares Management and Golub Capital also significant participants in the deal, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Partners Brett Estwanik, Paul Kaboub and Chris Stoeckle have launched Inyarek Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm investing in energy transition across both direct investment vehicles and traditional commingled funds.
Donald Mackenzie, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of CVC, has decided to step back from an active role with the business, Europe’s largest buyout firm, to focus on his private interests ahead of the company’s long-awaited public listing.
The current higher interest rate environment has helped private debt funds generate better returns for investors than private equity buyout funds for the second quarter running, according to a report by The Business Times.
Middle market private equity firm Trilantic Europe has appointed Eugenio Preve and Yasir Piracha as Partners of its Italian and German teams respectively.
Nordic Capital is to acquire a majority stake in Zafin, a provider of SaaS core modernisation and transformation solutions for financial institutions around the world. The firm’s founders and management are reinvesting in the company as part of the deal.
Alicia Forry has been named as Head of ESG, Alternative Investments at Investec Alternative Investment Management, an alternative investment platform focused on private market credit strategies, moving from her role as the Head of UK Equity ESG Products at Investec.
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