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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 -
PGIM buys majority stake in direct lender Deerpath
11 months ago
PGIM has bought a majority interest in direct lending firm Deerpath Capital Management -
First Sentier buys majority stake in credit firm AlbaCore
1 year ago
First Sentier Investors has bought a majority stake in European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group, the firms announced today, after identifying alternative credit as a ‘strategically important space’ -
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 -
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 -
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 reaches for bigger slice of pi(e) with 5% Diameter stake
1 year ago
Apollo Global Management has bought a 5% stake in credit fund and CLO manager Diameter Capital Partners, cementing the relationship between the firms -
Franklin Templeton buys Alcentra in $700 million deal
1 year ago
Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy BNY Mellon’s $38 billion credit unit Alcentra, which will see Alcentra combined with Franklin Templeton’s US credit manager Benefit Street Partners -
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 -
Blue Owl reaches agreement to buy CLO manager Wellfleet
2 years ago
Blue Owl Capital, owner of Owl Rock Capital Partners a mid market CLO manager, has reached an agreement to buy Wellfleet Credit Partners from Littlejohn & Co -
KKR and PGIM among bidders to buy Alcentra: Bloomberg
2 years ago
BNY Mellon is set to offload its credit investment unit Alcentra, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter -
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 -
Sound Point looks to amplify mid-market offerings with BDC and CLOs
2 years ago
Sound Point Capital Management expanded into mid-market lending earlier this month with the acquisition of CVC Credit Partners’ US direct lending arm, and the firm has big ambitions to expand the business -
Update: Kayne to split from CLO and credit opps units
2 years ago
Kayne Anderson is set to spin out its CLO business -
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 -
Asset management giant emerges as bidder for European CLO businesses
3 years ago
A large asset manager came close to adding European CLOs and direct lending to its product range with the firm emerging as a bidder on two asset management businesses -
Candriam and NYL buy stake in European direct lender
3 years ago
Candriam and its affiliate New York Life Investments Alternatives have bought a minority equity stake in a pan-European private debt firm -
Mount Logan completes mid market CLO acquisition for $3 million
3 years ago
Mount Logan Capital has completed the acquisition of management rights for two middle market CLO contracts from Garrison Capital. The firm disclosed in an announcement it paid $3 million for the transaction which included the two contracts plus ‘certain side letter agreements -
EQT completes sale of credit business to Bridgepoint
3 years ago
EQT has completed the sale of its €3.9 billion credit business segment to Bridgepoint -
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 -
Canadian direct lender takes on US mid market CLO
3 years ago
Toronto-based Mount Logan Capital is set to acquire portfolio management rights to a middle market CLO issued by Garrison Investment Group named Garrison MML CLO 2019-1. Pending investor approval, Mount Logan would become the first Canada-based firm to manage a US CLO -
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
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