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Republic Business Credit formed a new partnership with Super7, a toy manufacturer of collectible action figures. Republic was referred by Livingstone Partners Debt Advisory Group under the leadership of its partner, Tom Lesch. This collaboration provides Super7 with a robust...

FGI Worldwide, a global company in the commercial finance industry, hired Janelle Foy as director, FGI Risk. Based in Atlanta, Foy will focus on developing relationships and new business opportunities in the southeastern United States for FGI’s credit insurance brokerage...

Valley National Bancorp, the holding company for Valley National Bank, appointed Curt Lang as the chief banking officer for New Jersey. In this role, Lang will lead the strategic direction and drive the growth of Valley’s commercial banking portfolio across...

Abry Partners, a Boston-based private equity and credit firm, priced its second collateralized loan obligation (CLO), Abry Liquid Credit CLO 2025-2, LLC (ALC CLO 2025-2). The transaction, with a total issuance of $400 million, follows the successful launch of Abry’s...

With demand surging and global conditions becoming more unpredictable, a growing winter apparel brand needed extra working capital to keep pace. Its factoring company recommended Gateway Trade Funding as a trusted partner to help fund overseas production for increasing orders....

Professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has expanded its asset-backed finance (ABF) offering within its global valuation services practice with the hiring of Lewis Tse as managing director. As private credit markets evolve, ABF is emerging as a major...

Greenberg Traurig continues to build momentum in London with the addition of Matthew Birchall as a shareholder in its tax practice. Birchall joins from Goodwin and follows the recent arrivals of tax shareholders Sophie Allen and Alex Tostevin. Birchall’s practice...

KS StateBank has been awarded a contract to serve as an authorized supplier for HGACBuy, a national procurement cooperative for local governments and nonprofits that deliver government services. The bank’s government and nonprofit lending division, Baystone Government Finance, secured the...

Shutdown Resolution Restores Data Flow as Fed Cut Expectations Waver The week ending November 16, 2025, brought relief to middle market participants as President Trump signed legislation on November 12 to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history after...

Clearlake Capital Group, a global investment firm managing integrated platforms spanning private equity, liquid and private credit, and other related strategies, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pathway Capital Management, a global provider of private market solutions for institutional...