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Chris Janiec

Chris Janiec is Americas Editor at Agri Investor. Based in New York, Janiec coordinates coverage of private investment into global food and agriculture with colleagues in London. Previously, Janiec covered non-bank capital markets for PEI’s Private Debt Investor, taught international relations and US foreign policy at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and worked as an analyst of petroleum and shipping markets in New York.
High LIBOR pricing and an increase in CCC rated assets drove down CLO earnings in the first quarter for the Connecticut- based BDC.
The mid-market lender has provided an $80m facility to support acquisition of West Star Aviation by Norwest Equity Partners.  
 The Virginia-headquartered bank has added former GE Capital staff members as industry fallout from sales continues.  
The mid-market M&A and debt advisor has established a West Coast presence.
 The New York-based firm has raised an additional $1.6 billion for its fourth distressed fund.  
 Ares, Apollo, Fortress and Blackstone are competing to acquire American Capital assets, according to a Reuters report.  
BlackRock’s BDC focuses on macro headwinds and idiosyncrasies in legacy investments while presenting mixed results for 2016 thus far. 
 US-based alternative asset manager works with partners to expand consumer services presence in Spain and Portugal.  
 New hires, follow-on funds and possibly two additional CLOs are likely forthcoming from Carlyle this quarter.  
 The Canadian firm’s Credit Partners group has priced a $500 million vehicle, which marks its eleventh issuance overall.  
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