Proximity to data centers becomes key selling point in industrials deals

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Private Credit

Software’s second coming finds a new price

Seven months after a stormy SaaSpocalypse sent lenders scrambling to reassess their exposure, European software deals are pricing around 50bps-75bps wider than before the sell-off, according to 9fin sources.

5 Oct 2026

| Europe

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Private Credit

Taking the Credit — Europe’s sports clubs turn to stadium debt

This week’s water cooler talk among sports financiers has centred on Manchester City FC, after news broke on 25 September that the club had been found guilty of 114 of the 115 financial charges brought against it by the Premier League - dubbed as the biggest scandal in sporting history by The Independent.

2 Oct 2026

| Europe

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ABF

Private Credit

Apollo’s daily private credit marks are coming; but how?

One of private credit’s biggest managers is about to pull off a trick that no one else has yet managed; pricing its assets every day. Apollo CEO Marc Rowan has promised daily marks across the firm's entire credit business, more than $830bn of assets, by 1 October.

29 Sept 2026

| Europe

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ABF

Distressed

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Private Credit

Hot Stacks — Tracking the AI data infrastructure financing boom

Hot Stacks is 9fin’s weekly take on data center finance — the deals moving the market, the people behind them, and the risks and opportunities buried in the stack.

24 Sept 2026

| US

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Private Credit

Credit CVs boost primary fundraising — aided by staples

GPs are increasingly negotiating so-called staple asks, meaning LPs entering a continuation vehicle agree to commit a portion of their capital to the GP’s primary fundraise, according to 9fin sources.

23 Sept 2026

| Europe

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Private Credit

Abano lenders agree last-minute amend and extend on A$85m loan

Abano Healthcare Grouphas agreed with lenders to amend and extend an A$85m ($60.4m) term loan due 29 November 2026, according to 9fin sources.

23 Sept 2026

| APAC