iwetinohk Energy Corp. (“Kiwetinohk” or the Corporation”) is pleased to announce a 40 percent increase to its Senior Secured Extendible Revolving Facility (or “Credit Facility”). Kiwetinohk’s existing lenders, Bank of Montreal as agent and co-leads ATB Financial and National Bank of Canada, have completed their semi-annual borrowing base redetermination and have agreed to amend the Credit Facility and increase the borrowing limit from $225 million to $315 million.

KBRA, a full-service global rating agency committed to innovation and integrity, today announced it has entered a deal with leading growth-oriented private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners who will acquire a majority stake in the company. KBRA is the largest global credit rating agency founded in the wake of the global financial crisis.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., and Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets acted as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the Credit Facility. Associated Bank, National Association, Citizens Bank, N.A., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., and U.S. Bank National Association also acted as joint lead arrangers.

Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO Jim Herbert will take a medical leave of absence from his executive position in response to a recent medical recommendation regarding a coronary health issue. Hafize Gaye Erkan will continue to serve as Co-CEO, as well as assume additional responsibilities. The Board of Directors has appointed Mike Roffler President, effective January 1, 2022.

FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BOLD, a leading restructuring, transactions, digital and transformation advisory firm in the Netherlands. The acquisition is expected to close during the first quarter of 2022. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

SmartRent, Inc. (NYSE: SMRT) (the “Company” or “SmartRent”), a leading provider of smart home and smart building automation for property owners, managers, developers, homebuilders, and residents, today announced that it has entered into a $75.0 million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (the “Revolving Facility”) with a five-year term.

Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR), today announced that it has amended and extended its Senior Secured Credit Facility. The amendment extends the maturity date of the revolving credit facility under the credit agreement to December 9th, 2026 (which is also the maturity date for the term loan A) and increases the borrowing capacity under the Senior Secured Credit Facility to $1.9 billion, inclusive of the $400 million delayed draw term loan A.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading factoring, asset based lending and purchase order financing firm in the U.S., today announced it has upsized its recent inventory purchase commitment to support the production financing requirements of a California-based importer and distributor of solar panels, increasing the initial $30 million commitment to $60 million.

AmeriFactors Financial Group, LLC, a leader in business funding and accounts receivable financing, continues to help thousands of businesses nationwide across a wide variety of industries. They are pleased to announce the following recent deals through accounts receivable financing.

Global Healthcare Opportunities, or GHO Capital Partners LLP, the European specialist investor in global healthcare, announces its investment in Biocare Medical (“Biocare”), a leading developer of world-class immunohistochemistry (“IHC”) and in situ hybridization (“ISH”) reagents for cancer diagnosis and chromosomal profiling. Existing investor Excellere Partners, a US-based private equity firm shall remain a significant partner in the company alongside GHO.

Audax Private Debt announced that, as Administrative Agent and sole investor, it provided a Second Lien Credit Facility supporting Wind Point Partners’ (“Wind Point”) acquisition of good2grow (“Company”), a national provider of clean label children’s juice and other beverage products. Terms of the credit facility were not disclosed.

Ares Management Corporation (“Ares”) (NYSE: ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today the final closing of Ares Senior Direct Lending Fund II (“SDL II” or the “Fund”). With total equity commitments of approximately $8 billion, SDL II was significantly oversubscribed relative to its initial target of $4.5 billion.

The facility is for general corporate purposes and has a five-year maturity, with options to extend for up to two more years. The new facility refinances an existing EUR 1,000 million syndicated facility due to mature in May 2023.

Abacus Finance Group, LLC – a leading provider of cash flow-based, classic senior debt for sponsor-led buyouts of companies with $3 million to $15 million in EBITDA – today announced that it served as Senior Secured Credit Facilities Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger for senior secured credit facilities to support the refinancing of Rainshadow Labs by Westhook Capital Partners.

CloudBees, the leading software delivery platform for enterprises, announced it has closed a $150 million Series F financing round at a pre-money valuation of $1 billion. The company also closed a $95 million debt facility to accelerate growth.

QED Investors (QED), a global leading boutique venture capital firm focused on investing in early stage, disruptive financial services companies, announced today that it is forming a partnership with Sound Point Capital Management, LP (Sound Point), a leading alternative asset manager with expertise in the credit space, to create a new asset management business focused on providing debt and receivables financing solutions to early stage FinTech companies.

Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal’s (A&M) Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG) announces the appointment of Chicago-based, Managing Director David Evans. The addition of Mr. Evans to the Global TAG practice expands the firm’s Automotive & Industrials mergers and acquisition (M&A) expertise.

Based in Atlanta, Loughead joined Regions in 2018 as a managing director for the Financial Services Group. Over the last three years, he has served an integral role in developing the team’s strategy for structuring and executing credit services, capital markets solutions, and strategic transactions for companies and private equity sponsors active in the financial services industry.

Crédit Agricole CIB acted as Senior Mandated Lead Arranger (SMLA) for a new USD 3.25Bn syndicated Credit Agreement under its Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework (the “Framework”) for CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”), a Mexico-based worldwide leading vertically integrated building materials company. Crédit Agricole CIB at the same time also executed its inaugural Sustainability-Linked Cross-Currency Swap (EURUSD) in the Americas.

Jefferies Credit Partners ("JCP"), a leading private credit manager and the asset management arm of Jefferies Finance LLC, today announced the appointment of Steve Marino as Head of Investor Solutions. Jefferies Finance is a joint venture of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) and MassMutual.