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India's Mytrah Energy borrowing $60mMerrill Lynch and Aion Capital Partners are providing the convertible debt which adds to the $70 million raised by the company last year.
- Upgraded AsiaDealBox aims to double deal count
The debt origination platform is pushing to get three to four deals executed each quarter by the end of the year.
- Caesars faces lender revolt in restructuring negotiations
Lenders published previously confidential documents as non-disclosure agreements expired opening up trading in the beleaguered casino group’s $23 billion debt pile.
- Friday letter: Making partnerships work
In the alternative investment world, separate accounts continue to proliferate. Investors need to be mindful of the risks.
- Friday letter: The rise and rise of direct lending
Both a slew of announcements on new platforms and the hard data point to the rise of direct lending.
- Blackrock hires Caron for European direct lending
The global asset manager plans to tap into the direct lending trend.
- Friday Letter: A sigh of relief for now
The private debt industry should follow the lead of its private equity counterparts and engage proactively with regulators, lest the further controls being mooted for banks be extended to cover alternative lenders too.
- TIAA Henderson makes twin real estate debt hires
The group has brought on board two directors, including Shawn Kaufman (pictured), as it looks to begin marketing a third party capital investment platform later this summer.
- BlackRock strengthens credit hedge fund team
The US fund manager has bolstered its credit hedge fund team as it looks to raise an initial $500 million for its latest long / short fund.
- GSO backs American Energy
GSO Capital led the debt portion of a $1.7bn financing for the company’s expansion into eastern Ohio.