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New UK lender Wellesley, co-led by chairman and founder Graham Wellesley, has lent £8.3m in the largest peer-to-peer platform loan in Britain.
Comvest provided $50m in term loans and credit facilities through its debt platform last summer.
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The French manager has held a first close for its third mezzanine fund on €120m, and is poised to launch its second senior debt fund which is currently in pre-marketing.
Harold Zagunis will take over for Harold Spencer (pictured), who was interim CFO through TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC’s IPO.
The private equity firm made its initial investment in the single family rental home platform in 2011.
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US-listed BDC Prospect Capital, led by chairman and chief executive John Barry, has provided a total of $293.5 million in first-lien debt financings to two deals.
The distressed specialist, which came to market last September with its latest fund, closed the oversubscribed vehicle last Friday.
An additional 23 investors, including Chinese insurance giant China Life, have brought the Australian firm closer to its $1bn goal.
Reports indicate the firm, which has $74bn of assets under management, is on the verge of filing for an IPO that would see it join the likes of The Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts as a public entity.
The firm may pursue a follow-up vehicle later this year.