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LevFin

Private Credit

CVC set to buy Italian food business IRCA

CVC will enter in exclusive talks to acquire Italian specialty ingredients producer IRCA after the buyout firm emerged as the winner in the bidding process, people familiar with the deal told 9fin.

25 Jun 2026

| Europe

Educationals

Private Credit

A crash course on private credit secondaries

Staying up-to-date with the private credit secondaries market is imperative for every private credit professional — and that’s where this crash course comes in. We cover everything from the basics, to LP and GP-led structures, to pricing, valuation, legal mechanics, and more.

25 Jun 2026

| US

News & Analysis

ABF

Scaling the scales — Primary Wave eyes music royalty ABS as market matures

The story has been amended since publication to clarify that Chord Music Partners is controlled by Dundee Partners and that Apollo led the syndication of Chord’s ABS offering. While Brookfield-backed Primary Wave Music has been pouring cash into the catalogs of some of the past century's most iconic artists for years, the music royalty platform wants to keep scaling up by tapping the ABS market — a move the firm could make as soon as later this year.

24 Jun 2026

| Europe

| US

News & Analysis

ABF

FirstLight Fiber wires up debut ABS deal

FirstLight Fiber’s inaugural asset backed securitization of its fiber internet receivables is in premarketing, and the $1.1bn deal is drawing interest from investors looking for digital infrastructure exposure without any of the AI risk associated with data center deals.

24 Jun 2026

| US

News & Analysis

LevFin

ByteDance seeks $20bn new money loan

Chinese technology company ByteDance is raising a $20bn new-money offshore financing, according to 9fin sources.

23 Jun 2026

| APAC

News & Analysis

Distressed

LevFin

Private Credit

Making a case for the defence — how Starmer’s resignation could impact UK credits

Sterling credit traders and lenders might have expected a scramble on Monday morning after the resignation of UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer, but it was largely business as usual with credit market participants having priced in such an eventuality. Some though are already looking ahead to his likely successor and what ensuing policy changes could mean for credit sectors.

23 Jun 2026

| Europe