Next year is shaping up to be a strong on for leveraged finance thanks to M&A and refinancing activity, according to the Capital Markets group at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).
Texas buyout house Blue Sage Capital has passed $288m for its third flagship fundraise, almost twice the amount it collected for its last raise in 2012.
Stafford Capital Partners has hit a $532m interim close for its ninth fund targeting secondaries stakes in timberland funds.
Asset manager Unigestion has picked up more than €600m of new capital across interim closes for a pair of private equity fundraises.
Capital Markets Gateway, a FinTech business specialising in equity capital markets, has secured a strategic investment of $25m from a string of big-name financial firms.
