Fidelity International has abandoned its direct lending strategy in Europe, less than a year after announcing the launch of its European Direct Lending Fund, according to market sources. The company has disbanded the team it hired to build the strategy, sources said. “Following a strategic review, Fidelity has decided not to proceed with manufacturing proprietary […]
The winners of the Private Equity Wire European Credit Awards 2024, which recognise fund performance and service provider excellence across credit funds, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (16 May), at etc.venues, County Hall, London.
Blackstone’s credit unit is planning to sell around $450m of loans at a discount, as it looks to provide liquidity to investors in an older fund, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people with knowledge of the mater.
Interest in direct lending has exploded over the past few years. But with increasing pressures from traditional players and an uncertain macro environment, this episode asks; can private credit weather the storm?
Driftwood Capital has, through its lending fund Driftwood Lending Partners, provided $30 million in mezzanine financing for the refinancing of the Sheraton Dallas hotel, a 1,841-key hotel and convention center serving as the largest hotel in Texas and which is sponsored by Chartres Lodging Group.
Ebenfalls Prolongation des Mezzanine-Kapitals. Projektentwicklung eines viergeschossigen, DGNB-Gold-zertifizierten Logistikzentrums im Internationalen Logistikzentrum Erfurt.
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.
Am 15. April 2024 ist der AIFMD-Review als Teil der Kapitalmarktunion in Kraft getreten. Thomas Richter diskutiert mit Peggy Steffen (Leiterin Risikomanagement beim BVI), was dies für Private Debt und Kreditfonds bedeutet, welche rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen existieren und wie Chancen und Risiken aussehen.
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.
To some elite financiers who gathered in Los Angeles for the Milken Institute conference, a debt binge in private markets is reminding them of the go-go days of risk-taking before the 2008 financial crisis. In the halls of the Beverly Hilton and at meetings around town last week, I spoke with more than a dozen […]
Alternative Investments sind in den zurückliegenden Jahren stark gewachsen und zur festen Größe in der Portfolio-Allokation institutioneller Investoren geworden. Nachdem die Anlageklasse im Jahr 2022 mit rund 160 Milliarden Euro das bisher größte Volumen an neuen Mittelzuflüssen verzeichnen konnte, erhielt die Alternatives-Erfolgsstory zuletzt einen Dämpfer: Im Jahr 2023 fielen die Zuflüsse um 35%. Blickt man […]
Einige Elite-Finanziers, die sich in Los Angeles zur Konferenz des Milken Institute versammelt haben, fühlen sich durch die Verschuldungsexzesse auf den privaten Märkten an die risikofreudigen Zeiten vor der Finanzkrise 2008 erinnert.
The Mezzanine Loan will have an annual fixed rate and an initial term of two years with three 12-month extension options, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. In connection with the Great Wolf Loan origination, Great Wolf repaid VICI’s $79.5 million mezzanine loan for Great Wolf Lodge Maryland. The remaining $170.5 million capital commitment […]
Shares in Peloton soared by as much as 18% on Tuesday after CNBC reported that several private equity firms are considering a buyout of the connected fitness company, which is looking to refinance its debt and return to growth after 13 consecutive quarters of losses.
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.
