Jeannine Amodeo

Private equity firms, struggling to find buyers for their investments, are turning to an old playbook like never before.

Defense and cybersecurity contractor ManTech International Corp. scrapped a planned $2.3 billion leveraged loan sale amid weak demand, according to people with knowledge of the matter, opting to raise funds from private credit lenders instead.

Wall Street gambled — and lost — on a $1.64 billion loan for a lottery company backed by a Czech billionaire to fund a majority stake in a fantasy sports operator in Atlanta.

Lenders joining the retail syndication of the $38 billion debt offering to help fund Vantage Data Centers’s Oracle Corp.-linked projects in Texas and Wisconsin will need to commit at least $300 million to qualify for the highest fees, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

IT firm ManTech International Corp. launched a $2.3 billion transaction on Monday, in part to refinance private debt, in a win for the broadly syndicated loan market.

IT firm ManTech International Corp. launched a $2.3 billion transaction on Monday, in part to refinance private debt, in a win for the broadly syndicated loan market.

A group of about 20 banks is providing a roughly $18 billion project finance loan to help fund the construction of a data center campus tied to Oracle Corp., marking the latest mega debt deal to help bankroll the artificial intelligence boom.

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC is taking out most of its equity in intelligence solutions company Ping Identity Holding Corp. with a roughly $1 billion debt-funded payout, according to people familiar with the matter.

Stifel Financial Corp. is launching and leading the sale of a $675 million private credit financing package for Tobacco Rag Processors Inc., which supplies tobacco products to manufacturers, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley are among about 20 banks that have joined a $20 billion debt financing backing the buyout of Electronic Arts Inc., giving them a slice of the massive fees tied to the biggest leveraged buyout ever.

Healthcare services firm Sevita is withdrawing a $2.5 billion leveraged loan sale, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest multibillion-dollar deal to be pulled as investors ramp up their scrutiny of borrowers.

Banks are preparing to launch a $38 billion debt offering as soon as Monday that will help fund data centers tied to Oracle Corp. in what would be the largest such deal for artificial intelligence infrastructure to come to market, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

A group of banks led by Banco Santander has sweetened terms on a loan tied to Thoma Bravo’s take-private of Verint Systems Inc., a rare example of a faltering buyout financing in the midst of a corporate-lending boom.

The US leveraged loan market is coming under further pressure with its second pulled deal in a week and a slew of investor-friendly changes made on other transactions to help get them over the line.

The US leveraged loan market is coming under further pressure with its second pulled deal in a week and a slew of investor-friendly changes made on other transactions to help get them over the line.

Specialty chemicals producer Nouryon has withdrawn a dual-currency leveraged loan deal worth around $5.8 billion in the latest sign of investor unease in the frothy market for risky debt.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is leading a roughly $5 billion loan financing to support Qualtrics International Inc.’s purchase of health-care survey firm Press Ganey Forsta, the latest in a wave of big deals to hit the leveraged finance market.

A roughly $2 billion leveraged loan for First Brands Group tumbled after a news report about Apollo Global Management taking on a credit default swap position that will pay off if the auto parts and equipment manufacturer fails to pay its debt.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. are leading a roughly $38 billion debt package to fund data centers connected to Oracle Corp. in Wisconsin and Texas, according to people familiar with the matter.

HPS Investment Partners and a group of lenders, including Apollo Global Management Inc., are snapping up over $2.2 billion of buyout debt that had been stuck on bank balance sheets since the Trump Administration’s tariff proposals disrupted markets earlier this year, according to people familiar with the matter.