Viva Capital Funding, LLC (“Viva”), a leading invoice factoring specialty finance company, announced today the closing of $18.5 million of Senior Secured Notes to a group of institutional investors. The transaction was assigned a BBB rating by a nationally recognized statistical ratings organization. Proceeds will be used by the Company to restructure existing debt and support additional growth of the business.

White Oak Global Advisors, LLC (“White Oak”) announced today it has provided a term loan to Benada Aluminum Products (“Benada”), a leading, full-service aluminum extrusion operation servicing a diverse mix of building products, distribution, storm protection and industrial customers across the Southeastern United States. The transaction was made alongside an asset-based loan (ABL) facility by White Oak Commercial Finance (WOCF), an affiliate of White Oak.

John Madigan was named Managing Group Director, leading a team of six, all of whom joined from Citibank. Madigan formerly was Managing Director for Long Island in the Emerging Corporates Group in Hauppauge, Long Island, N.Y., where he managed a large portfolio of business clients and a team of eight. He began his career there and went on to serve in various roles of increasing responsibility over three decades.

Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) (NYSE:BMO) today announced the upcoming retirement of its Chief Risk Officer, Patrick Cronin, and the appointment of Piyush Agrawal into the role. Mr. Agrawal will join the bank as Deputy Chief Risk Officer on July 1 and, after a transition period with Mr. Cronin, become Chief Risk Officer on November 1.

DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO), a leader in the global digital therapeutics (DTx) market, announced today it closed a senior secured term loan facility of up to $50 million with OrbiMed, a leading investor in the healthcare industry, providing non-dilutive capital to fund the continued development of its platform and the acceleration of its adoption in the multi-billion dollar global chronic disease management market.

CIFC Asset Management LLC (“CIFC”), an alternative credit specialist serving institutional investors globally with approximately $40 billion in assets under management, today announced that Conor Daly, former Managing Director, Head of European Credit at Onex Credit, has joined CIFC as Head of European Credit.

Trustmark National Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trustmark Corporation (NASDAQGS:TRMK) is pleased to announce that Duke Hinds has recently joined Trustmark as Director of Commercial Banking, and will be responsible for Trustmark’s commercial products and sales strategy. He joins Trustmark with 26 years of banking experience.

Paul Hastings announced today that Eduardo Gallardo, a preeminent M&A and corporate takeover defense lawyer, has joined the firm as Global Co-Chair of Mergers and Acquisitions, where he will focus on advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, takeover defense, shareholder activism, corporate governance and other corporate matters.

The first, is a $4,000,000 limit to a privately owned packager of specialty food products. The second, a $3,000,000 limit for a consumer-packaged goods company with a unique portfolio of specialty food and beverage brands. Additionally, Tradecycle increased four existing client relationships by $2,500,000 to support the organic growth of their clients.

Callodine Commercial Finance (“CCF” or the “Company”) today announced that the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Oz Street, will retire after 15 years of distinguished service with CCF and its predecessor companies. CCF has hired industry veteran Stephen Rainville to succeed Mr. Street in his role.

WesBanco, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announced today that industry veteran Richard Hunt has been named Executive Vice President and Director of Commercial & Industrial Banking. In his new role, Mr. Hunt will lead and execute the strategic direction of the Commercial & Industrial Banking division for WesBanco.

Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS) (the "Company” or "Cumulus Media") today announced that Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc., its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) of its existing $100 million revolving credit facility (as amended, the “Revolving Credit Facility”).

CIBC Innovation Banking is pleased to announce new debt financing for Chicago-based NowSecure, a mobile application security and privacy software company. NowSecure plans to use the capital to further invest in its advanced application security testing solutions and go-to-market strategy.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp ("BNP Paribas"), MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Natixis, New York Branch are Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners for the Facility. Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, Société Générale and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., are Joint Lead Arrangers. BNP Paribas remains as the Administrative Agent.

The M&A Advisor has selected Stretto, a market-leading technology and bankruptcy-services firm, as a winner in its 16th Annual Turnaround Awards, naming Stretto Corporate Restructuring Services as the Turnaround Product/Service of the Year. This recognition marks the third consecutive year that Stretto has received this award. Stretto also was honored in the Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year category for its role in the crypto company Cred, Inc. case

Antares today announced the launch of REACH, a program designed to help level the playing field for entrepreneurs who are members of diverse and historically underrepresented groups including women, people of color, military-affiliated, persons with disabilities, or LGBTQ+. The initiative will allocate $1M of Antares’ own capital to a grant program in partnership with Hello Alice, a multichannel platform that helps businesses launch and grow.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) and Peapack-Gladstone Bank are proud to announce the promotion of Lisa Ciampi, CPA to Senior Vice President, Managing Principal, Head of Operations at Peapack-Gladstone Bank.

Ivy Asset Group, LLC announced the final close of its 2022 Ivy Credit Opportunity Fund ("Fund") with $115 million of capital raised, including targeted fund leverage and separately managed accounts investing alongside the Fund. The Fund primarily targets direct lending to lower middle-market U.S. companies with less than $35 million in EBITDA.

Comvest acted as Administrative Agent and Sole Lender in providing SMART a $68 million senior secured credit facility, which the Company will use to refinance existing debt and fund further growth of the business. SMART has been a company in Comvest’s direct lending portfolio since 2016.

Westlake Capital Finance (WCF), the commercial lending entity & subsidiary of Westlake Technology Holdings, funded a $40 Million revolving credit facility with one of country’s top solar companies, highlighting WCF’s expansion into the solar loan asset class.