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ABF Journal launched a new, weekly email dedicated to middle market specialty finance deal activity. Subscribe now to receive a recap of the largest & most recent Acquisition, Expansion, Recapitalization and Turnaround deals every Monday morning!

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Gateway Trade Funding, a purchase order and stretch financing company, recently completed the following stretch finance transactions.

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#GatewayTradeFunding #StretchFinance #WorkingCapital #SupplyChainFinance #POFinancing

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HighPeak Energy made amendments to its term loan credit agreement and senior credit facility agreement, both effective Aug. 1, 2025.

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#HighPeakEnergy #DebtRestructuring #CreditFacilityAmendment #TermLoanExtension #LiquidityBoost

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Iron Horse Credit appointed Joshua D. Beauvais as senior vice president.

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#IronHorseCredit #LeadershipAppointment #SeniorVicePresident

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BriteCap Financial promoted Molly Coleman to chief administrative officer and general counsel.

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#BriteCapFinancial #LeadershipPromotion #ChiefAdministrativeOfficer #GeneralCounsel

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The week ending August 3, 2025 delivered conflicting signals across middle market finance, with surface-level strength masking fundamental economic deterioration.

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#MiddleMarketDebt #FedDissent #LaborMarketSoftness #InflectionPoint

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First Citizens Bank’s energy finance business acted as co-lead arranger and administrative agent on $238 million in financing on behalf of DSD Renewables for a large portfolio of distributed generation solar projects.

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#PrivateCredit#Renewables

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Grant Thornton, a brand in professional services, and Auxis, a company in Latin American outsourcing and business modernization services, will join forces.

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#ProfessionalServices #Advisory #AI #NearshoreOutsourcing

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KKR completed a $6.5 billion fundraise focused on committing capital globally to privately originated and negotiated credit investments backed by large and diversified pools of financial and hard assets.

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#AssetBasedFinance #PrivateCredit

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Transcat closed a new five-year $150 million secured credit facility with a syndicate led by Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (M&T), replacing the existing $80 million credit facility with M&T/

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#CorporateFinance #CreditFacility

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Fifth Third and Eldridge formed a strategic partnership to offer private credit arrangements to commercial bank clients.

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#PrivateCredit #CommercialBanking #StrategicPartnership #AlternativeCredit

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Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specializing in middle market lending, added Jake Goldberg as managing director of originations.

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#Leadership #MiddleMarket #AssetBasedLending #Originations #CorporateFinance

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Mitsubishi HC Capital America has appointed James Anderson as executive vice president and general counsel and Kristin Knox Esche as senior vice president and deputy general counsel.

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#Leadership #EquipmentFinance #CorporateDevelopment

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Oxford Finance, a specialty finance firm, appointed Nick McDearis to lead asset-based lending (ABL) originations.

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#Leadership #AssetBasedLending #ABL #MiddleMarket #CorporateFinance #GrowthStrategy #StructuredFinance

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eCapital appointed Melissa Forman-Barenblit as president, head of transportation group.

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#Leadership #TransportationFinance #FreightFactoring #SupplyChainFinance

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Ault Global Real Estate Equities has, through its minority holding, Fouquet’s New York, completed a financing of $145 million with a series of funds affiliated with Goldman Sachs.

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#RealEstateFinance #Refinancing #PrivateCredit #GoldmanSachs

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The week ending July 27, 2025, reflected the typical summer market dynamics with reduced transaction volume and heightened focus on upcoming second quarter earnings reports from business development companies.

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#Finance #MiddleMarket #Lending

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Gordon Brothers provided C$30 million to finance the Canadian women’s clothing retailer Northern Reflections’ acquisition of two other Canadian women’s retailers, Cleo and Ricki’s.

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#RetailFinancing #MergersAndAcquisitions #AssetBasedLending

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Octus released its recap of the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) market for the first half of 2025.

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#CLO #MarketVolatility #Tariffs #LeveragedLoans #FixedIncomeInsights

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Ares Management, a global alternative investment manager, made enhancements to its infrastructure debt team, including the most recent addition of Jon Plavnick as a partner.

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#InfrastructureDebt #PrivateCredit #StrategicHiring

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Leo Berwick executed a credit facility for up to $75 million from Stone Point Credit, a private credit investment firm, subject to the agreed upon conditions between the parties.

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#PrivateCredit #StrategicFinancing #GrowthCapital