Kikin Financial, the UK-based fintech lending platform for SMEs, today announced it has secured initial funding through Percent's platform, with capacity to access up to $20 million as Kikin scales. The funds will be used to provide flexible credit to some of the UK’s most exciting consumer businesses.

Republic Business Credit announced the start of its 15th anniversary year, underscoring a decade and a half of strategic leadership and growth in partnership with our clients. Founded in 2011 by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, the company was built on the belief that direct access to capital should be flexible, transparent, and most importantly, relationship-driven.

Essex Capital Group recently closed a $1.25 million bridge facility in just 3 days for a specialty contract manufacturer that had secured a substantial sales order. The company lacked the liquidity on its balance sheet to purchase the raw materials required to fulfill the order.

First Business Bank's Asset-Based Lending team announces a recently closed and funded $7 million credit facility to refinance existing debt and provide working capital for an established food distributor in Hawaii.

MONTICELLOAM, LLC (“MONTICELLOAM”), a specialized seniors housing and multifamily bridge lending platform, along with firm affiliates, provided $107,000,000 in combined bridge and working capital financing to a four-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Florida.

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that it has raised approximately $7.1 billion of capital for its Credit Secondaries strategy, inclusive of the final closing of its inaugural Ares Credit Secondaries Fund (“ACS” or the “Fund”), affiliated vehicles and anticipated leverage.

Saks Global Holdings LLC ("Saks Global" or the "Company"), a leading luxury retail company, today announced a transformative financial transaction. The Company secured a financing commitment of approximately $1.75 billion, comprising $1.5 billion from an ad hoc group of the Company's senior secured bondholders (the "Ad Hoc Group") and approximately $240 million of incremental liquidity from the Company's asset-based lenders.

Positive Development, the nation’s leading provider of developmental therapy for autistic children and their families, today announced the closing of a debt financing facility for up to $45 million provided by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, and Pinegrove Venture Partners (Pinegrove).

KORE Capital Corporation, a leading provider of accounts receivable– based working capital solutions, announced today that in Q4 2025 it closed a new financing facility to support the growth of a small business owner who sought greater flexibility and capacity than their existing senior credit relationship allowed.

Mitsubishi HC Capital America, a leading provider of financing and asset solutions that span North America, has successfully closed four co-lending transactions totaling $80 million. These deals underscore the strength of the company’s Business Finance team and its ability to deliver flexible, tailored capital solutions through strategic partnerships with leading financial institutions and companies.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Ji Hye You has joined the firm’s Global Finance group as a partner in Sidley’s office in New York. She was previously a Private Credit Group partner at Proskauer Rose.

Pelthos Therapeutics Inc. (NYSE American: PTHS), a biopharmaceutical company committed to commercializing innovative therapeutic products for unmet patient needs (“Pelthos”), today announced it has secured financing from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (“Horizon”) (NASDAQ: HRZN), an affiliate of Monroe Capital, with an initial funding of $30 million, and up to $20 million to support future growth.

Fortress Investment Group today announced that funds managed by its affiliates (“Fortress”) have provided a $150 million senior secured term loan to Leisure Time Products.

The financing would ⁠provide an immediate cash infusion of $1 billion through a debtor-in-possession loan from an investor group led by Pentwater ⁠Capital Management and Bracebridge Capital, Reuters reported.

Altus, the trusted leader in commercial receivables management and business-to-business collections, today announced the addition of two senior leaders to its organization: Marco R. Constante, Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations & Enablement, and Ross Lafont, Vice President, Corporate Development and FP&A.

JPalmer Collective (JPC), an asset-based lending firm dedicated to supporting high-growth, women-owned and -led, and natural products companies, today announced the closing of a $6.5M line of credit to Om Mushrooms, a pioneer in functional mushrooms.

Brookfield today announced its private wealth platform has launched the Oaktree Asset-Backed Income Fund (“OABIX” or the “Fund”), an evergreen interval fund intended to provide U.S. individual investors with access to Oaktree’s asset-backed finance (“ABF”) expertise.

KORE Capital Corporation, a leading provider of accounts receivable– based working capital solutions, announced that in Q4, 2025 it extended a $1,000,000 financing facility to support an entrepreneur returning to business after a period of significant personal loss and challenge.

The Hedaya Capital Group recently provided a $1 million factoring facility to a Texas-based telecom infrastructure contractor, specializing in telecom wireless tower buildouts and upgrades. With $5 million in projected 2026 sales, the Company specializes in the design, development, and implementation of mission-critical RF Infrastructure products and components.

More than 700 lots of excess gear from Solotech’s 200,000-square-foot rental depot in Las Vegas go to gavel in a Tiger Group online auction concluding January 22.