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PennantPark Floating Rate Capital agreed to expand its investment in PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund I. This transaction is aimed at further strengthening the partnership, which was put into place over seven years ago.

Brookfield Asset Management and its institutional partners, an owner and operator of infrastructure globally, has made a minority equity investment in Tiger Infrastructure Partners’ portfolio company Strategic Venue Partners.

J.F. Lehman, a middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors, closed its latest flagship fund, JFL Equity Investors VI and affiliated investments vehicles.

Ares Management, a global alternative investment manager, launched Ares Private Markets Fund, an Australian-domiciled unit trust designed to provide wholesale clients in Australia access to Ares Private Markets Fund.

Matrix Applications completed the 2024 System and Organization Control (SOC) 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 audits for its TradeBlazer Collateral Management System and Managed Services. The audits were conducted by Schellman, a provider of attestation compliance services.

A Mississippi-based mattress manufacturer partnered with Republic Business Credit to expand into major retailers across the country. Republic provided a $2.5 million non-recourse factoring facility that didn’t require a personal guarantee.

Lawrence Financial funded over $200 million in transactions in 2024. The company also celebrated the hiring of Mena M. Risk as a partner, and the achievements of Haze Walker and Larry Hurwitz in 2024.

Cascadia Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Simon Pearce, a Vermont-based maker of handblown glass and handmade pottery, in its strategic partnership with SBJ Capital, a private investment firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

HighVista Strategies, an employee-owned specialty alternative asset manager, is celebrating 20 years of pursuing alpha-driven investment strategies.

Afiniti completed its recapitalization transaction with its secured lenders, led by Vista Credit Partners and significant shareholder, The Resource Group International. Latham & Watkins represented Afiniti in the transaction.