Private markets investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners served as the lead arranger of a $100 million asset-backed second lien credit facility for Cutting Edge Group, an investor in and manager of niche media music rights.
New York Community Bancorp, the parent company of Flagstar Bank, hired Craig Gifford as CFO, Bao Nguyen as general counsel and chief of staff, Scott Shepherd as head of commercial real estate lending and James Simons as special advisor to the CEO.
Wintrust Receivables Finance closed a new $3 million accounts receivable line of credit for a Southwest-based third-party logistics company.
The Hedaya Capital Group provided a $5 million factoring and purchase order financing facility to a New York City-based clothing designer and manufacturer that offers a collection of brands.
Barclays appointed Rafael Abati co-head of the energy transition group in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Abati joined Barclays with almost 20 years of experience from UBS and Credit Suisse.
Ardagh Investments Holdings Sarl, an unrestricted subsidiary of Ardagh Group, a supplier of recyclable metal and glass packaging, executed definitive documentation for a new senior secured credit facility with Apollo Capital Management.
First Horizon promoted Tracy Bell to chief investment officer of First Horizon Advisors, the wealth management subsidiary of First Horizon. In this role, Bell will lead the First Horizon Advisors investment team in addition to the bank’s Women & Wealth client initiative.
Talent Solutions’ TAPFIN, a managed service provider for contingent workforces and part of the ManpowerGroup family of brands, extended its partnership with LSQ through Qwil, LSQ’s early-payment embedded finance solutions for staffing suppliers.
Five Star Bank hired Casey Grafeld as senior vice president and managing director. In this role, Grafeld will help advance Five Star Bank’s expansion strategy in the San Francisco Bay Area with commercial banking service in Marin County.
Private equity firm Dry Fly Capital acquired PSA Worldwide, a provider of promotional products specializing in public health and safety campaigns. The deal was completed with debt and equity financing from Brush Creek Partners and Muzinich US Private Debt.