About $16bn of debt has transitioned from private funds into syndicated loan and bond markets so far in 2024 as borrowers increasingly opt for more affordable debt from Wall Street banks, according to a report by Bloomberg citing Bank of America data.
New York-based private credit investment firm Blue Torch Capital has held the final closing of Blue Torch Credit Opportunities Fund III and its affiliated entities with total investor commitments of $2.3bn, exceeding its $2bn target.
Alternative investment giant Brookfield Asset Management is in advanced talks with Castlelake over the acquisition of a majority stake in the $22bn private credit manager, a specialist in aircraft leasing, according to a report by the Financial Times.
US law firm Seward & Kissel has launched a private credit practice, which will be based within the firm’s existing corporate finance practice, to handle its growing work within the $1.6tn private credit asset class.
The private credit team of Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment firm with more than $58bn in AUM, has held the final closing of ASP Summa, a $1bn middle market collateralised loan obligation.
There is no significant return premium for investors in the booming $1.7tn private credit market once additional risks and fees are taking into account, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
American Securities-backed by ViaPath Technologies, a provider of telephone services to prison inmates, has hired Texas Capital Bank as it looks to refinance around $1.4bn of existing debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ares Management is leading a group of private credit firms including Oak Hill Advisors, providing a debt package of over $1.2bn to CentralSquare Technologies as the software developer looks to refinance its debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private credit funds are in talks to provide up to $2.5bn in financing for the sale of US packaging firm Trivium Packaging, which was formed in 2019 through a merger of Ardagh Group’s food and specialty packaging business and Exal Corp, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people with
Texas-based software-as-a-service company Thryv Holdings is looking for $350m in funding to refinance syndicated debt due to mature in December 2026, having already held discussions with private credit lenders, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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