News

The week ending April 11 delivered a complex mix of signals for middle market participants. The March Consumer Price Index report showed headline inflation surging 0.9% month-over-month and 3.3% on an annual basis—the highest since April 2024—driven overwhelmingly by a...

Republic Business Credit appointed Robert Meyers as CEO. Meyers, who has served as the company’s president and chief commercial officer for the past decade, succeeds co-founder Stewart Chesters, who will assume the role of president and serve as interim chief...

MidCap Financial, a commercial finance company focused on middle market transactions, provided a senior secured credit facility and equity co-invest to LB GTMA Opco (dba Core Equipment Group). Proceeds from the credit facility were used to finance the acquisition of...

Attain Finance completed the upsizing of its Heights Finance 2025-A credit facility. The now $632.5 million Heights Finance 2025-A facility is a $502.5 million increase. The upsized credit facility will be utilized in part to fully retire the company’s First...

Kalon Capital LLC, a mid-ticket equipment finance platform serving end-users, vendors and OEMs across the United States, announced its official launch. Sponsored by Bender Equity, a private investment firm specializing in asset intensive and ‑recurring revenue business models, Kalon Capital...

Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs launched its sovereign advisory group, expanding the firm’s representation of sovereign governments with an integrated financial, economic, legal and public policy advisory offering. The new offering is anchored by the addition of Jill Dauchy,...

First Citizens Bank named veteran banking executive Chris Stringer as area executive for the Dallas-Fort Worth market, where he will lead business and branch banking operations, and drive continued growth across North Texas. “As the Dallas-Fort Worth region continues to...

Trinity Capital, an alternative asset manager, funded $306 million of total investments and originated $395 million of new commitments during the first quarter of 2026. First quarter 2026 investment highlights: Investments funded totaled approximately $306 million, which was comprised of...

The private credit group of Bain Capital Credit, a global credit specialist, invested $8 billion to support the growth of middle market and private equity-backed companies in 2025. Bain Capital Credit’s private credit group made 81 investments in 2025, supporting...

Hilco Global, a diversified financial services company, launched its expanded asset-based lending platform through its Hilco Global Asset Management practice, a solutions-oriented investment manager making asset-based loans across a wide range of industries and capital needs. The platform launch follows...