Private credit lenders are becoming increasingly reluctant to allow borrowers to defer interest payments, as growing use of payment-in-kind arrangements raises concerns that underlying loan stress may be greater than reported default figures suggest, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Blue Owl Capital has raised $750m through a new investment-grade bond issue, with proceeds earmarked to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facilities, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Nvidia has teamed up with some of the world’s largest alternative asset managers and investment banks to create financing platforms that could channel more than $500bn of external capital into AI infrastructure over the coming years, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Private credit is showing mounting signs of strain, with defaults rising and more borrowers being placed on lenders’ watchlists, even as some of the industry’s largest managers maintain that concerns about the asset class are overstated, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Flexible workspace operator The Executive Centre is seeking to raise around $500m in new debt as it looks to refinance existing borrowings and finance further expansion, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Private credit appears to have avoided the worst-case outcomes feared earlier this year, with Q2 results from major business development companies pointing to a more stable market environment despite continued pressure on valuations and credit quality, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Jane Street is in discussions with private credit investors over a potential refinancing that could move as much as $15bn of debt away from the public markets and into a privately negotiated financing, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Citigroup is preparing a $2.45bn debt financing package to support KKR’s acquisition of medical device manufacturer Integer Holdings, in one of the largest leveraged buyout financings expected to reach the US loan market this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blue Owl Capital repurchased a combined $90m of shares across two of its business development companies during Q2, extending its share buyback programme as the private credit manager looks to support investor value amid continued volatility in the sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Baker Tilly has abandoned plans for a roughly $3bn leveraged loan refinancing after investor demand fell short of expectations, highlighting the increasingly selective conditions facing PE-backed borrowers in the syndicated debt market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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