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William S. Smittcamp and Tom L. Dobyns, directors of the board of directors of Community West Bancshares, will retire, effective March 31, 2026. Smittcamp joined the board during the bank’s early years and has worked alongside most of the original...

Star Mountain Capital, an employee-owned U.S. lower middle-market investment firm with approximately $4.5 billion in assets under management (AUM), closed its second SBIC fund above its target at $286 million of investible capital. As part of the Small Business Investment...

Valley National Bank, a subsidiary of Valley National Bancorp, released findings from its second annual Middle-Market C&I Survey: Entering 2026 With Momentum. The survey of 500 commercial businesses across Valley’s footprint reveals that middle-market commercial and industrial (C&I) businesses reported...

 SSG Capital Advisors served as the investment banker to US Magnesium LLC in the sale of select unencumbered assets to the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands (FFSL). The sale was effectuated through a Chapter 11 Section 363...

Ares Management, a global alternative investment manager, priced its second European Direct Lending collateralized loan obligation (CLO), Ares European Direct Lending CLO II (EDL CLO II), at over €300 million. Consistent with the underlying composition of its predecessor, EDL CLO...

Fundbox, a provider of embedded capital infrastructure for the small business economy, renewed its existing credit facility with ATLAS SP Partners, the warehouse finance and securitized products business majority owned by Apollo funds, and added funds managed by Blue Owl...

Janus Henderson Investors launched the Janus Henderson AA-A CLO ETF (JA) as the firm continues to expand its lineup of active fixed income ETFs in the securitized space. The fund has secured $100 million in seed capital from The Guardian...

MGV Finance, a private equity advisory and consulting firm based in Charlottesville, Richmond, and Washington D.C., advised on a $17.2 million structured finance transaction between Pathward and 4 13 Solutions, an energy solutions and commercial real estate platform founded by...

B. Riley Securities, a full-service investment bank, served as a placement agent in connection with the successful closing of Immunic’s private placement of up to $400 million. The transaction included $200 million in upfront proceeds through the issuance of 229,076,000...

Barnes & Thornburg is adding 35 lawyers, including 25 partners, to its government services and finance department. This group joins the firm’s 21 existing public finance lawyers to bring the firmwide practice to 56 public finance and infrastructure lawyers serving...