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The refinancing of Acromas, which is helmed by Andrew Goodsell (pictured), is expected to launch this month and will see approximately £2.5bn of underwritten bridge loans sold to the bond market as WBS bonds.

Distressed specialist Strategic Value Partners (SVP) is poised to recoup its investment in Klöckner Pentaplast by refinancing existing debt with new-issue PIK notes.

Mumbai-based L&T Infrastructure Finance (L&T) is joining a handful of private equity firms taking advantage of distressed opportunities in India’s infrastructure market.

Mumbai-based L&T Infrastructure Finance (L&T) is joining a handful of private equity firms taking advantage of distressed opportunities in India’s infrastructure market.

Cambridge & Counties Bank (CCB), jointly owned by Cambridge University Endowment Fund and Cambridgeshire Local Government Pension Fund, is profiting from a surge in refinancing activity by UK-based SMEs. 

US real estate firm Transwestern continues to build its capital markets team with two senior hires: ex Grubb & Ellis head of debt and structured finance Matthew Schnurr and former head of capital markets at Advance Reality Group Gary Sopko.

Royal Park Investments, a vehicle formed to manage the toxic assets of Fortis after the Belgian bank collapsed in November 2008 has been sold to US private equity firm Loan Star Fund and Credit Suisse.

M&A-specialist investment bank Lincoln International is expanding its restructuring team with the hire of Alex Stevenson

Diane Raposio’s appointment is KKR’s second senior Australian hire this year, following the recent appointment of Carlyle Group’s vice-president Leigh Oliver as a principal. 

 The deal is Standard Chartered Private Equity’s first realisation of a mezzanine investment in the Middle East.