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New report finds 2023 a record year for alternative credit M&A
3 months ago
A new report on “Acquisitions of Alternative Credit Managers” by credit specialist Gapstow forecasts that more M&A activity lies ahead for credit firms as they struggle with the challenges facing the broader investment management industry -
Aquarian buys minority stake in Obra
6 months ago
Obra Capital revealed in Monday that it had sold a minority equity ownership stake to Aquarian Holdings -
TPG buys Angelo Gordon for $2.7 billion
11 months ago
TPG has entered into an agreement to buy Angelo Gordon in a cash and equity deal valued at around $2.7 billion, the firm has announced -
PGIM buys majority stake in direct lender Deerpath
11 months ago
PGIM has bought a majority interest in direct lending firm Deerpath Capital Management -
FS and Portfolio Advisors join forces to create $73bn asset manager
1 year ago
FS Investments and Portfolio Advisors have announced a merger in a deal which will see Portfolio Advisors become the institutional investment arm of FS -
Nassau adds $3.6 billion credit firm Angel Island to its platform
1 year ago
Under the deal, Angel Island will become a subsidiary of Nassau’s asset management unit, Nassau Asset Management -
Medalist and Semper form partnership to jointly invest in structured credit
1 year ago
Medalist Partners and Semper Capital Management have joined forces in a partnership which results in the pair co-investing in structured credit. -
Franklin Templeton wraps up deal for $35bn Alcentra
1 year ago
Franklin Templeton has completed its acquisition of BNY Mellon’s $35 billion credit unit Alcentra -
Aristotle boosts credit business with Pacific AM acquisition
1 year ago
Pacific Life Insurance Company has agreed to sell its credit asset manager – Pacific Asset Management – to Aristotle Capital Management -
Nuveen strikes deal to buy European direct lender Arcmont
1 year ago
Nuveen has reached an agreement to buy a controlling stake in European credit manager Arcmont Asset Management -
Apollo and Pimco buy ‘significant portion’ of Credit Suisse's securitised products group
1 year ago
The move has prompted a rally for Credit Suisse, which on Thursday unveiled a strategic review “designed to reduce risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure” -
Spac pricing hints at Sound Point's growth ambitions in loan market
2 years ago
Sound Point Acquisition Corp has priced a $225 million IPO, signalling that credit asset manager Sound Point Capital Management is looking to expand its platform -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners -
Bennett Goodman's Hunter Point buys stake in MidOcean
2 years ago
Hunter Point, which was launched by Blackstone Credit’s co-founder Bennett Goodman alongside Avi Kalichstein in 2020, has made its first investment and bought a minority stake in mid-market specialist MidOcean -
T Rowe Price to buy Oak Hill for up to $4.2 billion
2 years ago
Oak Hill is set to become T Rowe Price’s private markets platform, led by Oak Hill’s chief executive officer Glenn August -
Birch Grove merges with American Securities' credit business
2 years ago
US private equity firm American Securities has merged its opportunistic credit business, Ascribe Capital, with boutique alternative credit hedge fund Birch Grove Capital -
Mid-market CLO manager sells minority stake to Aberdeen Standard division
3 years ago
A $10 billion US mid-market private credit firm has sold a passive minority equity stake to Bonaccord Capital Partners -
Golub follows Sixth Street by suing Dyal over Owl Rock merger
3 years ago
Dyal Capital’s merger with Owl Rock faces growing opposition with Golub Capital filing a lawsuit -
Stone Point and Wilton Re invest $100 million in Nassau
3 years ago
Nassau Financial Group says Wilton Reinsurance Company and Stone Point Credit have invested $100 million in its business through a new series of non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity -
Sun Life Financial buys 51% stake in Crescent
3 years ago
Sun Life Financial has bought a 51% stake in credit manager Crescent Capital Group as part of its push into alternative credit -
Morgan Stanley to buy Eaton Vance for $7 billion
3 years ago
Morgan Stanley is set to buy Eaton Vance for an equity value of $7 billion as part of a broader push into wealth management -
Sun Life Financial in talks to buy Crescent Capital - report
3 years ago
Canadian insurer Sun Life Financial is said to be in talks to buy credit manager Crescent Capital, according to a report by Bloomberg -
Azimut purchases 20% stake in US private credit manager
3 years ago
Azimut Group has purchased a 20% equity stake in a $2.1 billion opportunistic private credit manager -
Goldman Sachs in talks to buy minority stake in Permira
4 years ago
Goldman Sachs is looking to buy a minority stake in private equity firm Permira -
Pretium buys Latigo to boost distressed capabilities
4 years ago
Pretium Partners has bought the investment management business of New York-based Latigo Partners, in a bid to expand the firm’s distressed debt and event-driven credit capabilities. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed
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