Alternative investment giant Blackstone has opened its retail private credit fund ECRED to retail investors in France as part of an exclusive partnership with BNP Paribas’ wealth management and Cardif companies.
A $2bn bond sale from UK insurance broker The Ardonagh Group, whose major shareholders include Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, will be managed by a group of Wall Street banks led by Morgan Stanley and The Goldman Sachs Group instead of a potentially record-breaking $5bn private credit loan,
Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm investing in financial services, healthcare and technology with over $10bn in AUM, has made a majority investment in Health Prime International, a provider of revenue cycle management solutions for physician practices.
As investor demand for private debt and direct lending investments grows, Silverview Credit Partners has adopted global fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions’s Sentry Portfolio Management solution.
The asset management arm of French multinational bank BNP Paribas is targeting a €1bn ($1.1bn) fundraise for a new direct-lending fund that will focus on medium-sized businesses, and will differ from the bank’s other private credit facilities by offering unitranche loans, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Zurich-based Julius Baer will exit the private debt market and is preparing to write off its CHF606mn ($700mn) exposure to Signa, the now-collapsed luxury developer owned by René Benko whose portfolio included German department store KaDeWe and the Chrysler Building in New York. The private bank’s CEO, Philipp Rickenbacher, has
Direct lender and credit manager Golub Capital has acted as administrative agent and sole lead arranger on a $2.11bn unitranche facility to refinance Aptean’s existing first lien and second lien broadly syndicated loan facilities.
Private debt and infrastructure are set to remain the preferred alternative asset classes among South Korean institutional investors for the second year running in 2024, according to a survey by The Korea Economic Daily.
Strategic Value Partners, a global alternative investment firm with over $18bn of AUM, has made two senior appointments in London — Managing Directors, Timo Koch and Ahmed Khan.
General Atlantic, a global growth private investment firm with $83bn in AUM and 225 portfolio companies, has appointed Chris Kojima as Global Head of Capital Solutions, as of 29 January 2024.
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