Mid-Market

Facing an uncertain outlook, Christophe Murciani, head of real estate debt at LBP AM European Private Markets, explains why he and his team are adopting a granular approach to real estate debt opportunities in the mid-market.

Eighty years after the start of the baby boom, a surge of demand for senior living is creating a significant need for capital deployment, say Locust Point Capital’s Eric Smith and Daniel Contardi.

Report says 22 new alternative credit interval funds made a new record for launches, bringing total AUM to $83bn.

The manager’s primary direct-origination platform’s senior unsecured notes and credit facility are now rated investment grade.

Asset-based lending and asset-backed lending can be easily confused but represent contrasting lending activities. Richard Gumbrecht of Secured Finance Network explains the differences.

The third vintage is more than halfway to its $5bn target fundraise, filings show.

Debt funds continue to lead the market, says Houlihan Lokey’s midcap monitor.

Overlooked by many firms, the US lower mid-market can be a fertile hunting ground, according to Metropolitan Partners Group’s Paul Lisiak.

The provider of growth debt and equity capital will target mostly B2B software firms with $10m-$100m in revenue.

Michael Arougheti, Ares’ CEO, views subprime lender collapses as ‘idiosyncratic and isolated’, not signifying a turn in the credit cycle.