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Squire Patton Boggs adds leveraged finance Partner

Private Equity Wire

Hastings, who joins from Eversheds Sutherland, is a finance lawyer focused on leveraged and acquisition financing. Hastings acts for private equity firms and their portfolio companies, corporate borrowers and for private credit funds in relation to transactions at all levels of capital structures.

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Magnesium Capital leverages deal-by-deal success to hit €135m debut fund hard cap

AltAssets

Energy transition buyout specialist Magnesium Capital has scored a €135m hard cap close of its debut fund, well above its €100m target. The post Magnesium Capital leverages deal-by-deal success to hit €135m debut fund hard cap first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Leverage Raises $7M in Funding

FinSMEs

Leverage, a New York-based provider of an end-to-end supply chain visibility platform, raised $7M in funding. The round was led by Chicago Ventures, with participation from Las Olas Venture Capital, Remarkable Ventures, Tensility and Florida Funders. Led by […] The post Leverage Raises $7M in Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Annaly Capital Management's Total Return Won't Pay the Bills

The Motley Fool

The most attractive feature of real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) is its humongous 13.7% What does Annaly Capital do? Add in the use of leverage, often backed by the mortgage securities in the portfolio, and all of the risks at play here can get amplified during rough times. dividend yield.

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Is Hercules Capital Stock a Buy?

The Motley Fool

If you're seeking passive income from your investment portfolio, Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is one stock that may have caught your attention. Hercules Capital invests in venture-backed start-ups, and offers an ultra-high dividend payout of over 10% annually. On top of that, BDCs use leverage to boost their payouts to shareholders.

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Leverage levels in private credit to increase, says Moody’s

Private Equity Wire

Leverage levels in private credit will increase as alternative asset managers’ rapid capital deployment in turn increases their share of the private credit market, according to a private credit research report by Moody’s Investor Services.

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Why the Capital One/Discover Merger Could Be Expensive for Consumers

The Motley Fool

Image source: Upsplash/The Motley Fool Capital One recently shocked the financial industry by announcing it has agreed to acquire Discover, combining two of the largest credit card–issuing banks into one company. There are a few reasons why this deal could be attractive for Capital One. After the merger, they'll only have one.

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