B. Riley Securities, Inc. ("B. Riley"), a leading middle market investment bank and subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: RILY), is pleased to have served as lead left bookrunner to Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) in its $941 million zero coupon senior secured notes offering.

Stellus Capital Management, LLC (“Stellus”) announced today that its affiliates provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment in support of Summit Park’s acquisition of Michelli Weighing & Measurement (“Michelli” or the “Company”), a leading provider of test and measurement services and equipment.

MidFirst Bank, the largest privately held bank in the nation, recently announced its expansion into the Southern Nevada market. This effort is led by Michael Pizzi, who will serve as Senior Vice President and Nevada Market Executive, and a team of bankers from Bank of Nevada who have extensive area expertise, deep regional relationships and a proven track record of delivering exceptional support to their customers and the communities they serve.

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) (the “Company” or “Pebblebrook”) today announced the successful extension of approximately $357 million of its $460 million October 2024 maturity term loan to 2028.

Moritt Hock & Hamroff announced today the addition of Sean E. Mitchell to its Fort Lauderdale office, illustrating the firm's continued growth and expansion in Southeast Florida. Mr. Mitchell joins the firm as Counsel in its Secured Lending and Real Estate Practice Groups.

FGI Worldwide LLC (www.FGIWW.com) (“FGI”), a global leader in the commercial finance industry, has announced the hiring of Greg McBride as Director, FGI Risk. Based out of the Chicago office, Mr. McBride will focus on originating new business opportunities for FGI’s credit insurance brokerage and risk advisory division by developing relationships throughout the Midwest.

Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specializing in middle market lending, today announced the closing of a $46.3 million senior secured term loan for a fast-growing equipment management, leasing, and technology company.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading factoring, asset-based lending, purchase order financing, d2c and e-commerce inventory financing firm in the United States, today announced the completion of four factoring and asset-based lending transactions totaling nearly $30 million.

Iron Horse Credit (“IHC”), a leading inventory lender, is pleased to announce the closing of a $1,500,000 stand-alone inventory revolving line of credit to an online pet care and food retailer.

Ares Commercial Finance is pleased to announce that Ian Maccubbin has joined its Business Development and Underwriting teams as a Principal. Mr. Maccubbin will be based in Boston and will assist in covering the Northeast market, where he will have cross-functional business development and underwriting responsibilities.

North Mill Equipment Finance LLC (“NMEF”), a leading independent commercial equipment lender headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, raised $20,000 in charitable contributions through the holiday season. The proceeds will be distributed to Future 5, a platform that supports under-resourced high school students in Stamford, Connecticut, and Lucky Dog Refuge, a retreat for dogs in dire need of care.

Tradecycle Capital, an Indianapolis-based trade finance provider, announced it funded a new $3,000,000 revolving Accounts Payable funding facility for a distribution company that provides consumer products to travel centers, convenience stores and other retail outlets.

Audacy, the struggling multi-platform audio content company, has begun prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, the company announced Sunday.

Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, today announced the completion of its strategic growth investment in BlueMatrix, a leading end-to-end content creation and distribution platform for investment research providers.

eCapital Corp. (“eCapital” or “the Company”), a leading technology-enabled provider of financing to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across North America and the U.K., closed a $245 million increase to the syndicated bank line supporting its asset-based lending (ABL) group. The upsize brings the total facility size to $815 million.

Garnet Capital Advisors, a leading broker of loan portfolios, is excited to announce the addition of two new partners to their ownership structure: Magda Kielar and Andy Carlson. This elevation of two long-term Garnet professionals to partner level demonstrates Garnet Capital's continuing commitment to growth and innovation.

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, a wholesale data center developer, owner and operator, today announced the completion of a $1.9 billion debt financing transaction to fund scalable development on its data center campus in Mesa, Arizona.

-Core Scientific, Inc. (OTC: CORZQ) ("Core Scientific" or the “Company”), a leader in high-performance blockchain computing data centers and software solutions, today announced it has pre-paid the outstanding balance on the debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) financing package provided by B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ: RILY), the Company’s DIP lender.

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that both Dudley Baker and Kerr Robertson have joined the firm’s Healthcare Group as Managing Directors. Mr. Baker is based in Dallas covering healthcare information technology (HCIT), while Mr. Robertson is based in Charlotte, covering behavioral healthcare and other healthcare services.

Obra Capital, Inc. (“Obra”), an asset management firm with a specialized approach to alternative investing, today announced that Scott Macklin has been appointed Head of US Leveraged Finance. In this role, Macklin will be responsible for managing Obra’s CLO management platform, including driving investment strategy and portfolio construction, deal sourcing and execution, risk management and market research.