Carvana tries refi following earnings turnaround

Apollo’s jet bridge to £3.5bn EasyJet buyout funding

Barclays, Citi, Standard Chartered, Lloyds and Crédit Agricole have provided £3.5bn of bridge-to-bond facilities to fund Apollo’s planned £5.7bn takeover of low-cost British airline EasyJet, according to the commitment letter.

Saudi Real Estate Refinance Co lines up new sukuk and RMBS deals

One of the most in-demand borrowers in the GCC is contemplating a return to both sukuk and asset-backed finance markets in the coming months, according to 9fin sources.

Aditya Birla taps local banks for INR 140bn Sprng acquisition loan

Aditya Birla Group is seeking to raise INR 140bn ($1.5bn) from local lenders to fund its acquisition of Sprng Energy from Shell Plc, according to 9fin sources.

Brookfield, Tor join PaleBlueDot’s $255m GPU-backed private note

PaleBlueDot AI has closed a $255m GPU-backed three-year private note, 9fin sources said. Brookfield and Tor Investment Management were among the investors, according to the sources. JP Morgan acted as lead manager for the facility.

Cache flow — How GPU-backed financings are breaking ground

When CoreWeave tapped the syndicated loan market for billions of dollars in GPU-backed financing earlier this year, demand was so strong that one lender described it as a “food fight.”

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