Taking the Credit — Opportunistic opportunities

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CLO

Distressed

LevFin

Private Credit

CLOs sit on Merlin SUN positions ahead of private credit refi

CLOs hold material positions in Blackstone-backed theme park operator Merlin Entertainments’ euro-tranche portion of the £627m of senior unsecured notes maturing November 2027, according to 9fin sources.

8 Sept 2026

| Europe

| US

News & Analysis

Private Credit

PGIM taps M&G’s Scheer to lead DACH direct lending

PGIM has hired former M&G Investments private credit executive Robert Scheer as head of direct lending for the DACH region, according to an announcement shared exclusively with 9fin ahead of its publication.

7 Sept 2026

| Europe

News & Analysis

ABF

Distressed

LevFin

Private Credit

Insolvent Bathla’s A$3.4bn debt highlights Aussie property woes

On Friday (4 September), the administrators of Bathla Group, one of Sydney’s largest, and now insolvent, homebuilders told the firm’s creditors its A$3.4bn ($2.45bn) debt stack may still grow. The builder owes most of that cash to private credit lenders, though claimants may number as many as 3,000.

4 Sept 2026

| APAC

News & Analysis

Private Credit

Taking the Credit — The direct lending fundraising vindication

As the market heads back to school, some of Europe’s biggest fund managers — Bridgepoint, Hayfin and Tikehau — are returning with plenty of fresh cash to put to work.

4 Sept 2026

| Europe

News & Analysis

LevFin

Private Credit

SaaSportunity knocks, but software LBOs now face a higher financing bar

The software sector’s dramatic repricing has become one of the defining market stories of 2026. Some have called it the SaaSpocalypse. Now, an equally ham-fisted counterterm is taking hold: the SaaSportunity.

3 Sept 2026

| US

News & Analysis

Private Credit

No offence, but where are Europe's defence deals?

Europe is rearming, and everyone from LPs to lenders are keen on investing in defence. But despite loosening ESG guidelines and robust government support in both the UK and European Union for investing in the sector, market participants told 9fin there aren’t enough quality investable credits to meet all the demand.

2 Sept 2026

| Europe