Barclays today announces the appointment of Na Wei as Global Head of Leveraged Finance, reporting to Travis Barnes and Tom Johnson, Global Co-Heads of Capital Markets at Barclays.

Capstone Partners, a leading middle market investment banking firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of three seasoned M&A advisory professionals as new Managing Directors on its industry banking teams. Steven Dana will join the firm's Industrial Technology Investment Banking Group and Jerry Sturgill and Skye Root will join the firm's Agriculture Investment Banking Group, enhancing the firm's substantial portfolio of specialized sector knowledge.

PineBridge Investments (“PineBridge”), a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing, today announced the final close of PineBridge Private Credit III (“Fund III”) as of 30 January 2024, as part of the firm’s lower-middle-market direct lending strategy. Inclusive of fund-level leverage, the Private Credit team raised $1.7 billion1 of capital in Fund III, above its target size of $1.0 billion. This latest close brings the total Private Credit platform to $5.0 billion.2

Legacy Corporate Lending, LLC (“Legacy”), an independent asset-based lending (ABL) company focused on serving the needs of middle market companies across North America, today announced the appointment of Margaret Ceconi as Executive Vice President, Portfolio & Underwriting.

Ocorian, the specialist global provider of financial and corporate administration services and regulatory solutions to financial institutions, asset managers, corporates and high net-worth individuals, has completed the acquisition of specialist regulatory consultancy Bovill.

The story of Access Capital begins with entrepreneurs taking a leap of faith to start a company with the specific purpose of fostering the growth and success of other entrepreneurs across the country.

First Citizens Bank today announced that it has provided $22.5 million in financing for the development of a new outpatient surgery center in Orlando, Florida.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) Americas Division today announced the appointment of Clarke Adams as Head of High Yield Capital Markets and Matt Burke as Head of Leveraged Finance Origination. Additionally, Clarke joins Miguel Roman as Co-Head of Leveraged Capital Markets.

England & Company, a leading independent investment bank, announced today that Richard F. NeJame has joined the firm to enhance its Capital Structure Advisory Practice, focusing on corporate restructuring and special situations. Mr. NeJame brings over 25 years of experience advising leveraged and distressed corporate clients, as well as institutional, private equity, and other investing clients.

Axiom Bank, N.A. announced it has provided a $10 million revolving line of credit for a company that is a purchaser and collection management of medical receivables.

In January 2024, Republic Business Credit financed a $9.0 million revolver and a $3.5 million real estate term loan for a family-owned, Illinois-based food manufacturing company.

J D Factors provided $7,555,000 in new factoring facilities to 26 new clients in the US and Canada during the month of January. Some of these facilities include: a $500,000 factoring facility for a transportation company in South Carolina; $1,500,000 factoring facility for a gas detection sensor manufacturing company in Nevada.

Mike Colloton, Vice President – Asset-Based Lending at First Business Specialty Finance, LLC, a subsidiary of First Business Bank, announces a recently closed and funded $8,000,000 revolving line of credit, equipment term loan, and a capital expenditure equipment loan to a healthy snack food manufacturer in Wisconsin for restructuring.

Aequum Capital is pleased to announce it recently closed $21,600,000 in credit facilities to a leading logistics and transportation organization providing hauling services to the New Mexico and Rocky Mountain Region. The credit facilities support ongoing working capital needs in the form of a working capital revolver, term loan, and a delayed draw term loan.

PlayAGS, Inc. (NYSE: AGS) ("AGS" or the "Company") today announced it has successfully completed a repricing of its term loan credit facility. Among other things, the repricing removes the credit spread adjustment with respect to term loan borrowings and reduces the interest rate applied to such borrowings to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 3.75%.