Blackstone taps Evercore for private credit CV

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Private Credit

Hot Stacks — The force majeure clause haunting data center debt docs

Just in time for Halloween, AI infrastructure credit investors may find themselves spooked after Oracle recently invoked a force majeure clause at a major New Mexico data center development.

8 Oct 2026

| US

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Private Credit

Sponsors advance to second round of IceLake’s Groundbirds sale

Ares Management, Castik Capital, Egeria Group, HIG Capital, Inflexion, and Rivean Capital are through to the second round of IceLake’s sale of infrastructure maintenance business Groundbirds, according to 9fin sources.

6 Oct 2026

| Europe

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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

Goldman’s private credit arm finances PANTHERx Rare second lien

Goldman Sachs, through its direct lending arm, provided the financing for the privately placed $470m second lien loan to support the recent buyout of PANTHERx Rare by Warburg Pincus, according to 9fin sources.

2 Oct 2026

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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

Distressed

Private Credit

Insurers are outrunning regulation to pour billions into private credit

When TPG chief executive Jon Winkelried took the mic for TPG’s earnings call last November, he had plenty of reason to declare 2025 as a “breakout year” for the franchise. TPG’s credit platform especially was riding an unprecedented wave of momentum, raising $12bn of the $35bn total capital the traditionally private equity-focused firm had raised through the third quarter.

1 Oct 2026

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