Carlyle’s global credit platform has provided a financing package of over $400m to support the growth of Big Bus Tours, a global provider of hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus tours and portfolio company of private equity firm Exponent.
Website-building platform Squarespace will be taken private by private equity firm Permira in a $6.9bn all-cash transaction, with Ares Capital, Blackstone and Blue Owl providing a $2.65bn private credit package to help finance the acquisition.
Apollo Global Management is in advanced discussions with Intel over a deal to provide more than $11bn in capital to finance the chip manufacturer’s construction of a new plant in Ireland, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
A trade in the riskiest segment of the $1.3tn credit market is attracting the most conservative investors, leading to concerns that they may be overlooking some risks in their pursuit of higher yields, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Oak Hill Advisors is leading a group of private credit lenders in discussions to provide about $1bn of debt to support Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of revenue management solutions business Model N, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative credit asset manager Benefit Street Partners has held the final close of BSP Special Situations Fund II and its affiliated vehicles which were oversubscribed with approximately $850m in capital commitments.
Middle-market private credit manager Colbeck Capital Management has appointed Jared Talisman as a Managing Director and Head of Originations.
Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager with over $900bn of assets under management, has agreed to invest $1.5bn to acquire a 51% stake in asset-based private credit specialist Castlelake’s fee-related earnings.
With inflation remaining stubbornly high and the Federal Reserve seemingly set to keep interest rates higher for longer, private credit fundraising has fallen to the lowest level seen since 2020, according to a report by Bloomberg.
CVC Credit, the €40bn global credit management business of CVC Capital Partners, has closed Cordatus XXXI, its fourth new collateralised loan obligation this year, at more than €440m ($475m).
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