Ares Management is exploring the sale of approximately €3bn of limited partner interests in one of its flagship European direct lending funds, in a transaction that would rank among the largest private credit secondaries deals completed to date, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Germany’s Bundesliga is evaluating a proposed €1bn financing package from US investment firm Apollo Sports Capital, in the latest example of private capital firms seeking exposure to the sports sector without acquiring equity stakes, according to a report by The Athletic.
Fundraising by Asia-based private credit managers has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, as concerns over corporate defaults and high-profile bankruptcies prompt investors to favour larger, established US firms, according to a report by the Financial Times.
GCM Grosvenor has secured $1.2bn for its first dedicated strategy focused on private credit secondaries, as growing demand for liquidity creates new opportunities in the expanding private credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone has reported a slowdown in redemption requests from investors in its flagship private credit vehicle, although fundraising into the fund has weakened significantly amid concerns over potential losses in parts of the private lending market, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Hellman & Friedman and Valeas Capital Partners are exploring a potential dividend recapitalisation that could return as much as $1bn to the private equity owners of accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Growing liquidity pressures in private credit funds are creating an opening for a new generation of secondary investors, which can provide managers with an alternative source of cash as investors seek to exit, according top a report by the Financial Times.
Private equity managers are increasingly turning to payment-in-kind structures to ease pressure on portfolio companies, but a lack of systems capable of modelling their complex impact could create growing operational and transparency risks, a new study by Occorian has found.
India’s Shapoorji Pallonji Group has raised approximately INR151bn ($1.6bn) through one of the country’s largest private credit transactions, highlighting the growing ability of domestic and international alternative lenders to finance large leveraged deals, according to a report by Bloomberg.
UK insurers backing pension risk transfer transactions are increasing their exposure to private credit, with opaque and difficult-to-value assets now accounting for more than 10% of the portfolios of several major providers, according to a report by the FT citing data from S&P Global Ratings.
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