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Western Alliance Bank added Ian Hawk as New York market manager for the note finance group, expanding the bank’s presence in a competitive private credit hub. In this role, Hawk provides Western Alliance Bank’s differentiated leverage solutions to New York-based...

Salem Five Bank, a full-service financial services organization, provided a senior secured credit facility to Guardian Propane Partners, the propane distribution platform of Inyarek Partners, a Boston-based investment firm specializing in supporting companies in the energy and industrial sectors through...

Crestone Air Partners, an aviation asset management platform, announced that Willow Wealth has joined Blue Crest Aviation Partners in connection with an initial commercial aviation investment. Blue Crest Aviation Partners is a joint venture between Crestone Air Partners and funds...

KBRA formed a global team dedicated to the continued growth of its private credit direct lending feeder note, collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and credit facility ratings. Eric Neglia has been appointed global head of KBRA’s newly established corporate portfolio finance...

More than 400 lots of surplus lighting and grip gear from a prominent Southern California studio will go to auction beginning on Feb. 3 in Tiger Group’s latest audiovisual sale. With an at-cost value of $1.4 million, the gear available...

Huntington Bancshares closed its merger with Cadence Bank, a regional bank headquartered in Houston, Texas and Tupelo, Mississippi. This strategic partnership accelerates Huntington’s growth initiatives across Texas and the South and brings immediate scale in Texas and Mississippi. “We’re thrilled...

Baker Garrington provided a $500,000 factoring facility to an oilfield services company based in North Dakota.

Blank Rome added nationally recognized hospitality lawyers Jim Butler, David Sudeck, Mark Adams, Jeff Myers and Joe Mellema as partners. The group previously practiced at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, where Butler was a founding partner and established and built...

The week ending Feb. 1, 2026, delivered seismic developments across the middle market lending landscape: President Trump’s nomination of former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell signals a potential “regime change” in how the central bank navigates inflation...

Nine Energy Service, an onshore completion solutions provider, reached an agreement with its debtholders on a comprehensive recapitalization transaction designed to strengthen its capital structure and support the company’s long-term financial health. To implement the transaction, Nine Energy Service and...