Oliver Smiddy

Blackstone and TPG bag UK mortgage lender(2)

The US pair have agreed to pay £180m in equity and debt to Investec to acquire UK mortgage finance company Kensington

Blackstone and TPG bag UK mortgage lender

The US pair have agreed to pay £180m in equity and debt to Investec to acquire UK mortgage finance company Kensington.

The FT Triathlon, in association with Impetus-PEF

<p>There is a choice of four different events on the day, from a SuperSprint ideal for newcomers to triathlon, to a relay pitched to satisfy inter-firm rivalries. </p>

Marc Boughton, CVC

We talk to the head of CVC Credit Partners and Impetus-PEF trustee about his involvement with the triathlon.

Biondi takes over as Permira finance head

Roberto Biondi has been appointed head of Permira’s financing group, following the departure of Max Biagosch.

AXA Private Equity seals &amp;euro;510m spin-out(2)

AXA Private Equity, an active provider of unitranche financing recently in tandem with its buyout activities, has agreed to spin out from its insurer parent in a deal valuing the firm at &euro;510m.

Metric holds second close en route to &amp;euro;300m goal(2)

Metric Capital Partners, a private debt fund manager founded in 2011 by former Towerbrook and UBS executive John Sinik, is nearing the finishing line for its first fundraising.

Silver Lake seals biggest post-Lehman buyout(2)

Technology behemoth Microsoft has provided one of the biggest ever mezzanine loans to fund US buyout group Silver Lake’s record-breaking, $24bn buyout of Dell.

Debt: into the void(2)

Figures suggest that sponsors are starting to look to alternative sources of credit as banks continue to pull in their horns

Metric backs UK payment services group

The firm, founded by former UBS leveraged finance head John Sinik and Barclays Capital executive Giovanni Miele, has completed its ninth deal in 18 months.