Europe’s booming football transfer market is drawing in heavyweight private credit managers, with Apollo Global Management and Blackstone among those exploring deals backed by player transfer fees, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private credit specialist Castlelake has launched Merit AirFinance, a dedicated aviation lending platform with over $1.8bn in initial capital, targeting debt financing for airlines and aircraft leasing companies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
TPG Twin Brook Capital Partners, the middle-market direct lending platform of TPG, has closed a $3bn credit-focused continuation vehicle backed by Coller Capital, marking the largest private credit secondaries transaction completed to date.
Livingbridge’s portfolio company, T-Pro, a workflow, speech recognition, and ambient scribe technology platform, has acquired Sound Business Systems (SBS), a provider of clinical documentation software for healthcare organisations across New Zealand and Australia.
New York-based alternative credit manager Sound Point Capital has announced the first close of its Strategic Capital Fund III (SCF III), raising $1.1bn (£0.8bn), more than doubling the capital raised by its predecessor funds, according to a report by Alternative Credit Investor.
Wall Street banks have scored a notable victory in the leveraged loan market with a $2bn debt raise for fintech firm IntraFi, outflanking private credit lenders who had been in talks to provide financing, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US corporate defaults on privately placed debt increased in the second quarter of 2025, according to Fitch Ratings’ latest Private Credit Monitor, which recorded a rise in default rates among middle-market borrowers.
Institutional allocators are signalling a more cautious stance on passive equities and private credit, while showing renewed interest in hedge funds, according to a report by Reuters citing a mid-year allocator survey by Goldman Sachs Prime Brokerage.
Manulife Financial has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in middle-market lender Comvest Credit Partners, creating an $18.4bn private credit platform as the Canadian insurer deepens its push into alternative assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone’s publicly listed business development company, Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, has further marked down its largest investment, a private loan to Thoma Bravo-backed Medallia, amid ongoing underperformance at the enterprise software firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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