Jefferies Financial Group and SMBC Group have expanded their global strategic alliance to enhance collaboration on future corporate and investment banking business opportunities within the Canadian market. SMBC Group comprises Sumitomo Mitsui...
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April 05, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Wells Fargo announced that Malcolm Price has joined the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) as head of Financial Sponsors. He will jointly report to Tim O’Hara, head of Banking, and Scott Warrender, head of Coverage in Banking. Price joins Wells Fargo...
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August 08, 2023, 08:07 AM
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IDB Bank announced the expansion of its Sponsor & Leverage Finance team. As part of this expansion, IDB aims to further its presence within the leverage finance space, a key area of growth over the next several years.The recent expansion welcomes...
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February 17, 2023, 07:40 AM
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Allen & Overy announced that Jake Mincemoyer has joined the firm as partner and head of A&O’s U.S. Leveraged Finance practice, based in New York. Jake joins A&O from White & Case LLP, where he served as regional section head of the Americas Banking...
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February 17, 2021, 07:00 AM
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The year 2021 is shaping up to be a strong and supportive one for leveraged finance, led primarily by merger-and-acquisition (M&A) and refinancing activity, according to the Capital Markets group at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). Key members...
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December 15, 2020, 08:34 AM
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The time a U.S. company spends in bankruptcy has shrunk considerably, according to a new Fitch Ratings bankruptcy case study report."The compressed timeframe is benefitting creditors, minimizing employee and trade union uncertainty, and lessening...
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August 08, 2018, 08:01 AM
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Woodforest National Bank recently named Julie Dargani as Senior Vice President and Middle Market Relationship Manager based in Charlotte. Dargani is a middle-market banking and leveraged finance banking executive with a diverse background in...
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December 09, 2016, 07:49 AM
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Getzler Henrich & Associates, one of the nation’s oldest turnaround firms, announced that David R. Campbell, Jr. has joined the firm to lead the Midwest region. Campbell, who will be a managing director, will be based in the firm’s Chicago office at...
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November 11, 2016, 07:40 AM
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William Blair, a global investment banking and asset management firm, announced the expansion of its Leveraged Finance Investment Banking team with the addition of Jeff Zolkin, managing director-head of high-yield finance, and Jonathan Lee...
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August 22, 2016, 07:38 AM
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ORIX USA announced that John Bozalis has rejoined ORIX Leveraged Finance as a Managing Director in the Dallas office. He will be responsible for originating and executing new investment opportunities consisting of senior secured, unitranche and...
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April 13, 2016, 07:29 AM
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James E. Torkelson recently joined First Merchants Corporation as Manager – Structured Finance. In this role, Torkelson will be responsible for building out the bank’s marketing efforts for leveraged lending to private equity firms in Chicago and...
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October 06, 2015, 07:57 AM
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Medley Management, a leading asset manager, announced that David Indelicato will join Medley as a managing director and head of credit management. Indelicato will be based in New York.Prior to joining Medley, Indelicato was a Senior Vice President at...
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August 04, 2015, 07:14 AM
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ORIX USA announced the expansion of the ORIX Leveraged Finance team, a principal investment business unit of the financial services firm.With more than 12 years of financial industry experience, Ben Harris has joined the group as a Director based in...
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April 24, 2015, 07:54 AM
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Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announce the appointment of Patrick R. Brocker to the position of Senior Vice President. Based in the bank's Princeton location, Brocker is responsible for establishing the cash flow...
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April 14, 2015, 08:03 AM
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As Bank of the West approaches its two-year anniversary in Chicago, it announced that Phil Kain, a well-respected specialist in the development of leveraged finance loans for middle-market private equity sponsors, joins Bank of the West as director...
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December 02, 2014, 07:56 AM
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Riverstone Holdings LLC, a leading energy and power-focused private equity firm, announced it has hired a highly experienced team of energy-focused leveraged finance professionals who will spearhead the firm's expansion into credit and capital...
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July 11, 2014, 07:33 AM
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BMO Harris Bank’s Sponsor Finance group, a leading provider of middle-market leveraged finance solutions, announced it was sole lead arranger, sole bookrunner and is administrative agent for $47 million in senior credit facilities to JDC Healthcare...
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July 02, 2014, 07:14 AM
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Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced the hiring of Andrew Booth as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Leveraged Finance. Booth will focus on further developing the firm's...
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June 18, 2014, 07:19 AM
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SunTrust Robinson Humphrey (STRH) announced the addition of three highly respected banking industry veterans to its Chicago-based Midwest Corporate Banking team. Wes Frangul, Jonathan Twichell and Mark Wegener have joined the firm as managing...
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May 13, 2014, 07:39 AM
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Ares Capital Corporation announced that its investment adviser, Ares Capital Management LLC, has added two investment professionals as part of its expansion of its middle-market sponsor coverage strategy. Grant Haggard and Brian Moncrief have joined...
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March 31, 2014, 07:41 AM
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Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. ("OHA") announced that Steve Jones and Eric Karp have joined the firm as senior advisors. Based in New York, Jones and Karp will help guide the firm's activities in private lending. They join an investment team with...
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March 26, 2014, 07:15 AM
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NewStar Financial, Inc., a specialized commercial finance company, announced that it has amended an existing credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank N.A., increasing the commitment amount by $100 million to $275 million with an accordion feature that...
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December 04, 2013, 07:55 AM
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The ongoing increase in leverage finance issuance and other related factors do not indicate that a return to the leveraged buyout (LBO) boom days of 2006-07 is likely, according to a new Fitch Ratings report.Fitch's report, 'U.S. Leveraged Finance...
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June 11, 2013, 07:43 AM
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Total leverage finance and high yield issuance have hit record levels, but overall outstandings have hardly budged as the principal drivers of supply have been repricings and recapitalizations, according to the latest report of Morgan Joseph...
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March 13, 2013, 08:05 AM
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Loan refinancing activity and robust high-yield bond issuance extended or diminished $370 billion of loans within the refinancing cliff timeframe during the first three quarters of 2012. Despite the significant process made in 2012, the market still...
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January 07, 2013, 07:11 AM
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NewStar Financial amended its existing credit facility with Wells Fargo to increase its size by $25 million to $175 million and extend its reinvestment period and final maturity by three years among other things. The credit facility will be used to...
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November 06, 2012, 07:44 AM
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