In February, the London-based firm hired several executives from Palio Capital Partners to boost its mid-market direct lending capabilities.
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M&A-specialist investment bank Lincoln International is expanding its restructuring team with the hire of Alex Stevenson
Diane Raposio’s appointment is KKR’s second senior Australian hire this year, following the recent appointment of Carlyle Group’s vice-president Leigh Oliver as a principal.
The deal is Standard Chartered Private Equity’s first realisation of a mezzanine investment in the Middle East.
KKR has agreed to provide Spanish building materials company Uralita with a €320 million seven-year facility to repay current lenders.
In the 2009 film ‘The Hangover’, the protagonists begin their apocalyptic, eve-of-wedding bender at Caesars Palace. The fallout from their exploits proved predictably catastrophic.
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Minneapolis-based Värde Partners specialises in credit, special situations and distressed investments across a variety of assets.
TPG and Apollo will contribute $250m each to ease Caesars Entertainment's capital structure woes.
The government has increased the ceiling for the amount of Indian corporate debt issued or held by foreign investors to $51bn from just $1bn, a move likely to provide foreign firms with attractive opportunities in India’s credit market.
S&P Capital IQ believes demand for high yield bonds will continue to rise as investors seek alternatives to government and investment grade bonds, despite decreasing returns.