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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.

Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, is expanding its alternative investment platform for the wealth market, launching a collateralized loan obligation exchange traded fund.

Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners have agreed to acquire Prescott’s, a healthcare-focused outsourced clinical engineering services provider, from Atlantic Street Capital.

eCapital provided a combined $5 million confidential factoring facility to support the turnaround and growth of two nutraceutical and health supplement companies. The businesses faced financial setbacks following the loss of a key distribution line.