M&A Activity

Daily Telegraph

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.

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Monitor Daily

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

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Financial Times

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

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Bloomberg

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 lenders moving...

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Bloomberg

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 El Jannah,...

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Bloomberg

‘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 and Katie...

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Alternative Credit Investor

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 its private...

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Private Debt Investor

Exclusive: Blue Owl’s Packer says firm won’t revive BDC merger

Co-president dispels speculation that controversial move to merge two BDCs might be reconsidered.

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Private Debt Investor

Blue Owl scraps BDC merger after sharp declines in shares

The manager confirmed the OBDC and OBDC II merger is terminated and it will re-evaluate alternatives.

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Financial Times

Blue Owl’s clever private-to-public deal makes investors see red

The private capital firm has cancelled a planned merger between two affiliates that lend to middle-market companies

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