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Rosenthal Capital Group (RCG) the leading private commercial finance firm in the United States, today announced the completion of six equipment financing deals totaling $65 million in the third quarter of 2026 for companies with operations throughout the United States.

Rosenthal Capital Group (RCG) the leading private commercial finance firm in the United States, today announced the completion of six equipment financing deals totaling $65 million in the third quarter of 2026 for companies with operations throughout the United States.

Rosenthal Capital Group (RCG) the leading private commercial finance firm in the United States, today announced the completion of six equipment financing deals totaling $65 million in the third quarter of 2026 for companies with operations throughout the United States.

Assembled Brands, a specialty asset-based lender to emerging consumer products companies, has closed a new multi-million-dollar revolving credit facility for GoPure, a Los Angeles-based skin and body care brand. The facility includes the brand’s Amazon and TikTok Shop inventory in the borrowing base and provides working capital to support GoPure’s growing retail and marketplace business.

eCapital Corp. (“eCapital”), eCapital Corp. ("eCapital"), an AI-powered fintech company building the next generation of specialty finance, has provided a $12 million healthcare receivables facility to an established community hospital in the United States. The financing strengthens the organization's liquidity position, supporting ongoing operations and the delivery of specialized patient care.

Morgan Lewis advised Nebius Group N.V. (Nasdaq: NBIS), a leading AI cloud company, in connection with its $3.5 billion senior secured financing facility provided by Citi. The facility provides Nebius with access to capital at attractive rates to support its global infrastructure capacity expansion and represents a significant step in advancing the company’s diversified and sequenced funding strategy.

Great American Holdings, LLC ("GA Group"), a provider of financial advisory, valuation, asset disposition, investment banking, and lending services and majority-owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. ("Oaktree"), today announced the promotion of Ryan Mulcunry to National Sales Manager.

First Citizens Bank today announced the opening of a new banking office and branch in Santa Monica, Calif. Located at 1540 2nd Street, the extensively renovated property brings together First Citizens' commercial, innovation, fund, consumer, wealth and small business banking teams in a central location in the heart of Santa Monica.

Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today announced Alex Bartlett has been named regional president for Greater Washington and Maryland. A longtime Truist leader and Baltimore native, Bartlett brings extensive commercial banking experience and deep knowledge of the region to the role.

Winston Taylor announced today that Brook Mestre has joined the firm as a partner in the Transactions Department in Dallas. Brook’s arrival further strengthens the firm’s local and global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity offerings.

Aspire Fiber, a 100% fiber-optic internet provider serving Southern California, has closed a new $80 million senior secured credit facility led by Third Coast Bank and CIBC. At the same time, its equity partner Arenova Capital has increased its equity commitment to $75 million — together accelerating the company's fiber buildout across the region.

Arrabon Capital, a structured credit firm, has launched institutional financing for US specialty lenders. The firm structures senior secured facilities, including warehouse lines, receivables financing, forward-flow arrangements, portfolio purchases and private securitizations, and places them with specialty credit funds, family offices and insurance companies.

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) announced today that Ares Credit funds (collectively "Ares") closed U.S. direct lending commitments of approximately $6.3 billion across 55 transactions during the third quarter of 2026 and approximately $43.4 billion across 314 transactions in the 12 months ended September 30, 2026. Below is a description of selected transactions that Ares closed during the third quarter of 2026.

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) has been named to Inc.'s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors List. The annual list honors private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with a track record of backing founder-led companies and helping them succeed. This marks Monroe's fourth consecutive year on the list since Inc. introduced its Lender category.

Pollen Street Capital (“Pollen Street”), an alternative asset manager, has today announced a senior secured credit facility of up to £250 million with Lovey, the UK’s fastest-growing fintech and financial services provider, specialising in SME lending and brokerage. The facility is made up of £50 million committed capital and a £200 million accordion, making it the largest funding facility in Lovey’s history and marking a key milestone in the company’s growth.

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, a wholesale data center developer, owner and operator, today announced the completion of an asset-backed securitization (ABS), totaling $521 million. Proceeds will be used to refinance construction loans and fund future green data center development.

Lenders are adding AI to covenant testing, borrowing base review and portfolio monitoring, and most of the accuracy figures they see come from the vendors themselves. ClauseGrade, a new independent testing firm built by credit practitioners, tests those tools against a fixed set of synthetic lending tasks whose answer keys are computed in code.

Following a remarkable year of lateral partner growth, Barnes & Thornburg has promoted 25 lawyers to the partnership, effective Jan. 1, 2027. The new partner class features lawyers from six practices and 10 offices.

Chicago Atlantic announced today that it provided a senior secured credit facility to Watermark Commercial Contractors, LLC (“Watermark”), a Texas-based multifamily general contractor, to fund its acquisition of Val-Chris Investments, Inc. (“Val-Chris”). The financing allowed Watermark to complete the acquisition and provides additional growth capital as the business scales.

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) (“Ares Capital”) and MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: MFIC) (“MFIC”) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Ares Capital will acquire MFIC in a stock-and-cash transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately $2.6 billion (the “Transaction”).