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BlackRock completes Tennenbaum acquisition
5 years ago
Global asset manager BlackRock has completed the previously announced acquisition of Tenenbaum Capital Partners -
FS and KKR merge BDCs to create second-largest publicly traded BDC
5 years ago
FS Investments and KKR Credit yesterday agreed to merge FS Investment Corporation (FSIC) and Corporate Capital Trust (CCT), in a move that has created the second largest publicly-traded BDC behind Ares Capital Corporation -
Pacific Current acquires stake in Chicago-based private debt manager
5 years ago
Sydney-headquartered Pacific Current Group has acquired a 24.9% stake in Chicago-based Victory Park Capital -
Neuberger's Dyal acquires minority stake in HPS
5 years ago
Dyal Partners, a division of Neuberger Berman, has acquired a minority equity stake in global credit manager HPS Investment Partners -
Orix acquires US mid-market lender NXT
5 years ago
Japanese financial services firm Orix, has agreed to acquire US mid-market lender NXT Capital -
Ares emerges as favourite to take over troubled direct lending fund
5 years ago
Following Oaktree’s wind-down request, the board of the Ranger Direct Lending Fund has chosen Ares as replacement manager - moves which could see the fund change its focus from peer-to-peer loan investments to asset-backed loans -
BlackRock expands US private debt capabilities with TCP acquisition
6 years ago
BlackRock has agreed to acquire $9 billion asset manager Tennenbaum Capital Partners -
Triangle BDC goes on a different tangent with Barings and Benefit Street deals
6 years ago
Triangle BDC sells assets to Benefit Street and arees to Barings takeover in an unusual deal -
Hercules Capital makes mighty push into commercial finance with acquisition
6 years ago
Speciality finance and venture growth firm Hercules Capital has acquired asset-based lender Gibraltar Business Capital in a bid to expand financing options to clients -
Canadian asset manager acquires Asian private credit specialist Clearwater
6 years ago
In a bid to gain entry to the Asian private credit market, Canadian investment firm Fiera Capital Corporation has acquired Asian credit specialist Clearwater Capital Partners -
White Oak buys niche lender FNCC
6 years ago
White Oak Global Advisors has acquired specialist direct lender Federal National Commercial Credit (FNCC), in a bid to “focus on growing its asset-based lending platform” -
Blackstone taps Australia's mortgage loan market with new acquisition
6 years ago
New York-based Blackstone is tapping into Australia’s lucrative mortgage loan market by acquiring an 80% stake in direct lending company La Trobe Financial -
Dyal purchases minority stake in Cerberus's mid market credit unit
6 years ago
Neuberger Berman affiliate Dyal Capital Partners has purchased a minority stake in Cerberus Business Finance (CBF), the middle-market direct lending unit of Cerberus Capital Management -
First Eagle completes deal to buy NewStar
6 years ago
New York-based First Eagle Investment Management has completed its previously announced acquisition of Boston-based direct lending specialist NewStar Financial -
NewStar sale set to go ahead after no further bids emerge
6 years ago
New York-based First Eagle Investment Management looks set to get its hands on mid market credit manager NewStar Financial after the end of a 30-day “go-shop” period -
BNP Paribas acquires stake in SME credit specialist Caple
6 years ago
BNP Paribas Asset Management has acquired a 10% stake in Caple, which facilitates lending to small and mid-sized enterprises through a fintech platform -
Mid-market lender NewStar agrees to sell itself for more than $500 million
6 years ago
New York-based asset manager First Eagle Investment Management announced this morning that it plans to buy mid-market loan specialist NewStar Financial -
Private credit manager eyes merger amid tough fundraising conditions
6 years ago
A direct lender operating a in one of the sparsely-populated parts of the market is open to a strategic partnership with a fund manager after scrapping a fund launch -
Oaktree set to buy mid-market specialist Fifth Street, reports WSJ
6 years ago
Oaktree Capital Management is leading the chase to buy middle-market US lender Fifth Street Asset Management, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal -
Dyal takes minority equity stake in private credit manager
6 years ago
Dyal Capital has acquired a minority stake in private credit manager Atalaya Capital Management -
Fifth Street looks to quit CLO management as it winds down credit hedge fund
6 years ago
Fifth Street Asset Management is streamlining its business and its three middle-market CLOs and credit hedge fund will be cut as part of this process -
Direct lenders look to spread their wings and cross the Atlantic
6 years ago
Middle-market lending is becoming a global business amid talks of JVs -
Fifth Street Asset Management explores possible sale, reports WSJ
7 years ago
The Wall Street Journal reports that Fifth Street Asset Management is exploring a possible sale following poor fund performance and management turnover. -
Insurer Aflac commits to direct lending partnership with NXT
7 years ago
US insurer Aflac has acquired a minority stake in NXT Capital and handed the middle-market credit manager a $500 million direct lending mandate
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