Oliver Smiddy
The US manager’s GMS platform has raised two new CLOs, one in Europe and one in the US, taking its total CLO capital raised this year to $2.4bn.
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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.
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.
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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.
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The US specialty lending company has underwritten its second deal this month, backing Trivest’s buyout of Columbus Recycling with a senior debt facility.
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In raising $1.54bn for its latest CLO on Friday, Apollo set a new post-Lehman record.
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The ECB president’s attempts to spark increased bank lending to European SMEs this week could have given private debt funds serious cause for concern. Here’s why they should breathe easily.
The Vienna-headquartered, Central and Eastern Europe-focused mezzanine fund manager has backed Romanian group Expert Petroleum in the latest deal from its second fund.
The US bank has joined peers in raising issuance forecasts for the US market, which could set a new record this year if predictions prove correct.
The Paris-based manager is seeking to raise €400m for the follow-up to its 2007-vintage mezzanine fund.