Corporate borrowers in the United States are expected to raise $2.5 trillion in new bonds, excluding refinancing, over the next five years.
2 min read · 17 June 2014
The SME lender expects further commitments before a final close in late June and has also hired two new recruits.
2 min read · 17 June 2014
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.
2 min read · 17 June 2014
The asset manager has hired Peter Coates from hedge fund Lighthouse Partners to take up the newly created role, which will see him seek to build the firm’s position in the alternative investment market.
2 min read · 16 June 2014
Future financial stress could stem from Asia, as China and its neighbours emerge as the largest group of corporate borrowers in the world, according to S&P. Research also shows that thanks to the country's large shadow banking sector, at least $4 trillion to $5 trillion of global corporate debt is provided by private lenders.
3 min read · 16 June 2014
GSO Capital Partners’ participation in the financing for Amaya Gaming Group’s $4.9bn acquisition of Pokerstars marks a step-change for the private debt industry.
2 min read · 13 June 2014
Private lenders GSO Capital Partners and Macquarie Capital have part-financed the acquisition of Rational Group, which owns PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.
3 min read · 13 June 2014
As their risk appetite grows, the banks are reassessing their engagement with infrastructure lending.
3 min read · 16 June 2014
The specialist asset manager has provided financing to a consortium in its buyout of the fire protection and safety firm from its Europe Fund V.
2 min read · 12 June 2014
The group’s mid-market lending unit, GE Antares, has backed Altamont-owned claims management company McLarens Global with a $107m cross-border financing package.
1 min read · 10 June 2014
