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MidFirst Business Credit Expands Southeast Team
MidFirst Business Credit, a division of MidFirst Bank, the nation’s largest privately owned bank, today announced the addition of two senior commercial finance professionals to its growing team. Norb Schmidt and David Ellington join MidFirst Business Credit from Cadence Bank’s Asset Based Lending group and will each be taking on senior roles spanning sales, business development and origination across the Southeastern U.S.
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Interview with Robert Meyers: A CEO Perspective on Opportunity, Competition, and Risk
On April 13, Republic Business Credit announced the appointment of Robert Meyers as chief executive officer. Meyers, who has served as the company’s president and chief commercial officer for the past decade, succeeds co-founder Stewart Chesters, who will assume the role of president and serve as interim chief credit officer. Here, he discusses his milestones, top strategic priorities, balancing growth objectives with risk management and more.
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GoldenTree Announces Closing of Oversubscribed Private Credit Fund II
July 21, 2026GoldenTree Asset Management (“GoldenTree”), a global asset management firm with approximately $70 billion in assets under management, today announced the closing of its Private Credit Fund II (the “Fund”). The Fund is oversubscribed at its hard cap of $2.75 billion.
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Citizens Q3 2026 Business Pulse: Half of Small Business Owners See Growth Ahead Despite Concerns About the Economy
July 21, 2026U.S. small business owners head into the second half of 2026 with growing confidence in their own prospects, even as faith in the broader economy continues to drop. The Citizens Q3 2026 Business Pulse survey found that half of small business owners (50%) expect their revenue to increase over the next three months, the highest level of optimism recorded this year.
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Utica Funds $9.2 Million Capital Lease for Pipe and Steel Manufacturer Acquisition
July 21, 2026Utica is pleased to announce the closing of a $9,200,000 capital lease for a pipe and steel manufacturer serving midstream, utility, and industrial customers. Secured by production machinery, mobile assets, material handling, and support equipment, the lease will support the acquisition of the company’s assets through a court-supervised sale process.
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Lycos Energy Inc. Announces Strategic Acquisition of Sparky Waterflood Assets, $30.0 Million Equity Financing, Expanded Credit Facility
July 20, 2026The Acquisition will be funded through a $30.0 million bought deal equity financing (the “Equity Financing“) and an expanded $75.0 million credit facility (the “Expanded Credit Facility“). Closing of the Acquisition, the Equity Financing and the Expanded Credit Facility is expected to occur on August 6, 2026.
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Hilton Grand Vacations Refinances Term Loan B
July 20, 2026Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE:HGV) announces today the successful refinance of its existing $849 million Term Loan B (“TLB”) due 2028 with an amended $850 million TLB due 2033. The TLB pricing remained unchanged at SOFR plus 200. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. served as lead arranger for the TLB refinance.
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PNC Bank Provides $30 Million Revolving Credit Facility for Resources Connection
July 20, 2026Resources Connection, Inc. announced it entered into a revolving credit facility with PNC Bank, National Association. The credit facility provides secured revolving loans up to the lesser of $30 million or a borrowing base tied to eligible receivables. PNC Bank acted as agent for a group of lenders.
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Briar Capital Real Estate Fund Provides $5.0MM Real Estate Loan to an Industrial Equipment Company in New Jersey
July 20, 2026Briar Capital Real Estate Fund (www.BriarCapital.com) is pleased to announce the closing of a $5,000,000 real estate term loan secured by the borrower's owner-occupied headquarters and warehouse facility in New Jersey.
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Stratton Capital Group Closes $32.75 Million Senior Bridge Loan for 152-Key Branded Hotel
July 20, 2026Stratton Capital Group, a direct private commercial real estate lender, announced the closing of a $32.75 million senior secured bridge loan for a 152-key branded select-service hotel located in a Southeast U.S. growth market.
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Continues Boston Office Expansion with Additional M&A Partner
July 20, 2026Global law firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader announced today that Kristin Gerber has joined as an M&A partner in our Boston office. She joins from Goodwin Procter.
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Great Rock Capital Delivers $1.2 Billion in New Capital Commitments Since 2024
July 20, 2026Great Rock Capital, a private credit firm specializing in middle market lending, announced today that it has closed $1.2 billion of new commitments and $0.9 billion of new fundings since 2024, reflecting sustained momentum and record growth across its platform.
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Haversine Funding Closes More Than $40 Million in New Lender Finance & Participation Transactions
July 20, 2026Haversine Funding, a trusted capital partner to the specialty finance market, is pleased to announce more than $40 million in recently closed lender finance and participation transactions. These loans and transactions span senior secured credit facilities and participation funding across factoring and asset-based lending.
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Haversine Funding Closes More Than $40 Million in New Lender Finance & Participation Transactions
July 20, 2026Haversine Funding, a trusted capital partner to the specialty finance market, is pleased to announce more than $40 million in recently closed lender finance and participation transactions. These loans and transactions span senior secured credit facilities and participation funding across factoring and asset-based lending.
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Haversine Funding Closes More Than $40 Million in New Lender Finance & Participation Transactions
July 20, 2026Haversine Funding, a trusted capital partner to the specialty finance market, is pleased to announce more than $40 million in recently closed lender finance and participation transactions. These loans and transactions span senior secured credit facilities and participation funding across factoring and asset-based lending.
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King & Spalding Continues Fund Finance Expansion with Addition of Gloria Kim in New York
July 20, 2026King & Spalding announced today that Gloria Kim has joined the firm as a partner in its Finance and Restructuring practice group. She is based in the New York office. Kim advises borrowers and lenders on a broad range of complex financing matters. She has significant experience in fund finance transactions, including subscription facilities, NAV financings, GP financings, portfolio-level financings and other bespoke fund financing structures, as well as leveraged finance, structured credit and distressed transactions.
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SSG Advises Wiser Solutions in Sale of Substantially All Assets to an Affiliate of Crestline Direct Finance
July 20, 2026SSG Capital Advisors, LLC (“SSG”) served as the investment banker to Wiser Solutions, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively “Wiser Solutions” or the “Company”) in the sale of substantially all assets to an affiliate of Crestline Direct Finance. The sale was effectuated through a Chapter 11 Section 363 process in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. The transaction closed in July 2026.
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Citizens Advises Jason Mitchell Group on its Sale to Keller Williams
July 20, 2026Citizens Capital Markets & Advisory announced today that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to the Jason Mitchell Group on its sale to Keller Williams Realty, the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count and a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital LLC.
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Catherine Wood Promoted to Head of Commercial Banking Strategy for First Horizon Bank
July 20, 2026First Horizon Bank (NYSE: FHN) (or "First Horizon") announced today that Catherine Wood has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking Strategy. Wood has served as a Raleigh-based banking leader for more than 15 years. In her new role she will lead the corporate multi-year strategy to drive growth and a differentiated client experience with a focus on identifying high‑impact AI and technology opportunities across commercial onboarding, origination, underwriting and servicing.
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TD Asset Management Inc. Executes First Loan in Global Private Credit Strategy
July 20, 2026TD Asset Management Inc. ("TDAM") has closed its first loan in its newly-launched global private credit strategy, the TD Greystone Global Private Credit Fund (the "Fund"). The Fund is integrated into the TD Greystone private markets platform that manages C$42.4 Billion1 of assets. This first deployment of the Fund's committed capital builds toward a fully diversified, evergreen global portfolio of high-income credit investments.
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Empire Asset Finance, LLC Secures Senior Warehouse Credit Facility with Bank OZK to Expand Equipment Financing Platform
July 20, 2026Empire Asset Finance, LLC ("Empire") today announced the closing of its first institutional warehouse credit facility with Bank OZK. The facility represents a significant milestone for Empire as it expands its capital markets and direct origination capabilities and enhances its ability to deliver flexible, competitive equipment financing solutions to middle-market companies throughout the United States and Canada.
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Monroe Capital and AIP Capital Successfully Close Inaugural $643.0 Million Aircraft Asset-Backed Securitization
July 20, 2026Monroe Capital LLC ("Monroe"), a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets, and AIP Capital ("AIP"), a global multi-strategy investment manager focused on opportunities in asset-based finance, today announced the successful closing of MCAV 2026-1 ("MC Aviation"), a $643.0 million aircraft asset-backed securitization and the inaugural transaction issued through the firms’ aviation leasing venture.
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