Senior debt
Rothschild closes LBO credit fund on €306m
Vehicle targets primary, secondary senior secured credit
Debt: borrowing terms improve as competition intensifies
European PE houses set to benefit from increasingly borrower-friendly environment for remainder of 2015
In Profile: Kartesia Advisor
An in-depth look at newly created alternative lender Kartesia Advisors
Park Square closes credit fund on $2.4bn
Vehicle will be able to commit more than €100m per transaction
Ares, GE finance Trainline deal with £265m debt package
New debt package supports KKR's purchase in January
Proventus raises SEK 12bn direct lending fund
Vehicle is GP's third
Alcentra closes direct lending fund on €850m
Vehicle launched in August 2013 and had initial target of €500m
UK loan volumes in sharp Q3 decline
Decline mirrors similar trends in rest of Europe
3i holds first close for mid-cap debt fund
Fund raises €250m towards undisclosed target
Access Capital Partners holds first close for debt fund
Access Capital Private Debt Fund II aiming to raise €150m
Aggressive debt structures filter down from large- to mid-market
Debt landscape is rapidly changing, according to Marlborough Partners' latest report
PAI's DomusVi buyout financed with €355m in senior notes
Cash raised will be used to pay down DomusVi debt
Nordic alternative lenders step in as banks chase large-cap deals
A gap in the credit market is appearing as traditional lenders focus on larger deals
Idinvest closes second senior debt fund on €400m
Fund was on the road for only three months
No debt bubble in Europe, LPs say in survey
Investors much more cautious about situation in US
Paradoxical two-track market emerging in UK
UK dealflow
Benelux: Foreign investors boost higher value activity
Benelux attracting foreign investment
Proventus holds SEK 8.8bn first close for new debt fund
Debt investor banks on appetite for direct lending
Keeping leverage in check
Dagmar Kent Kershaw, ICG
ICG closes senior debt fund on €1.7bn
The vehicle is already 50% invested
Hayfin closes direct lending fund on €2bn
Successful close highlights investor demand for alternative lenders
Acquisition finance: breaking with tradition
Acquisition finance
Acquisition finance: alternative thinking
Despite bringing much-needed liquidity and competition to the debt market, many GPs are still wary of alternative lenders. Alice Murray pits traditional lenders against these alternatives to find out which has the upper hand.
Pamplona to leverage OGF purchase with €635m debt package
The recently announced buyout of French funeral services operator OGF by Pamplona will be financed by a €635m debt package, according to media reports.