M&A Activity

Goldman Leads $3.5 Billion Private Loan for Clearwater Purchase

A group of private credit firms led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives is providing $3.5 billion to support the buyout of Clearwater Analytics Holdings Inc., the latest instance of direct lenders ... Goldman...

What Paramount’s Warner Bros. bid signals about the debt market

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) offered an all-cash bid of $30 per share to acquire Warner Bros. in response to Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) recently announced deal with Netflix (NFLX). Paramount’s bid ... What...

The ugly battle for millions of Australia’s hottest tech stock

Remagen Capital boss Simon Raftery has launched court action against Ben Madsen over control of nearly 1.1 million shares in $6bn data centre giant Firmus Technologies.

Commercial Finance Partners Completes $10.8MM Refinancing for Accounting Firm Roll-Up

Commercial Finance Partners (CFP) recently closed a comprehensive refinancing package for a multi-location accounting firm roll-up whose prior facility had

Blue Owl’s private credit fund U-turn

Plus, the mega-deal rippling through Wall Street, Hollywood and Washington, and pharma groups stressing buyout firms

Private Credit Firm Permira Eyes Takeover of German Tour Company

Private credit lender Permira Credit is in advanced talks to take over German tour operator Berge & Meer, according to the company, another sign of the growing trend of direct ... Private...

General Atlantic Secures Private Loan to Fund Chicken Chain Deal

General Atlantic Service Company LP has secured a private credit loan from Ares Management Corp. and Nomura Holdings Inc. to finance its acquisition of a stake in Australian chicken chain ... General...

‘Alpha is Over’ in Private Credit: DoubleLine’s Cohen

Robert Cohen, Director of Global Developed Credit at DoubleLine, says M&A has been below trend since the pandemic and the current pickup is just the beginning. He tells Romaine Bostick ... ‘Alpha...

Nomura accelerates private markets drive with Macquarie acquisition

Nomura accelerates private markets drive with Macquarie acquisition Nomura has completed its $1.8bn acquisition of Macquarie’s public asset management businesses, adding $166bn to its holdings and accelerating the expansion of ... Nomura...