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Americas Leveraged Finance Weekly: Quiet Issuance Week Clouded by Election Uncertainty, Fresh AI Debt Worries
Reporting: Caroline Hagood Relevant Item:Primary Tracker Market Overview Activity in the primary market remained subdued this week as midterm election results and mounting concerns over AI-related debt added to an already cautious backdrop for leveraged loan and high-yield bond issuance. While a...
Published on Nov 6, 2026
U.K. direct lenders abandon the recurring-revenue software playbook
U.K. mid-market direct lenders are tearing up the old playbook. Recurring-revenue software no longer gets an automatic pass, and cyclical sectors like retail and construction no longer get an automatic no. AI introduces disruption risk across every sector, so private credit underwriting has moved...
Published on Nov 9, 2026
Apollo’s three roles in the ADT buyout
Apollo Global Management has grown a head for every part of the capital stack. Its role in Joshua Kushner’s $15.3 billion takeover of home security company ADT shows how leveraged finance is changing: one firm can now be the lender, the backstop and the equity partner at once. Octus broke the...
Published on Nov 9, 2026
Potential Thrive Holdings Acquisition of ADT Raises Change-of-Control Questions Across ADT’s Capital Stack
Legal Analysis: Carol Anne Huff, Magnus Wieslander, Camille Masse-Pfister Key Takeaways The acquisition of ADT Inc. by Thrive Holdings will likely constitute a “Change of Control” under ADT’s senior secured notes indentures but whether it will constitute a...
Published on Nov 2, 2026
Expert Views: Shareholding as a Service: A New Way for Lenders to Maximize Value as German M&A Market Falters
Editor’s Note: In the latest installment of the Expert Views series, Octus’ Reporter Sidney Watson speaks to Tobias Moser, founder and partner at MR Corporate Solutions, on how German lenders are using shareholding as a service to operationally restructure companies they have enforced...
Published on Oct 20, 2026
Thrive Holdings Seeking Approx. $9.6B Debt Financing From Banks for $15.3B ADT Buyout While Securing Record-Breaking $9B-Plus Private Credit Package, Led by Apollo, as Backstop Option
Reporting: Paola Aurisicchio, Yuheng Zhan, Benjamin Taubman Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings is seeking to raise a roughly $9.6 billion debt financing package from banks to support its $15.3 billion take-private acquisition of home security company ADT, while also keeping a committed...
Published on Oct 29, 2026
BREAKING: ADT to Be Acquired by Thrive Holdings in $15.3B Enterprise Value Deal; Apollo Affiliates Provide Financing Commitments
Relevant Document:Press Release ADT Inc. has agreed to be acquired by investment firm Thrive Holdings in an all-cash take-private transaction valuing the company at an enterprise value of $15.3 billion, ADT said today. Under the terms of the agreement, stockholders will receive $10.00 per share in...
Published on Oct 29, 2026
EMEA Leveraged Finance Weekly: Recordati Prices Jumbo €6B-Equivalent LBO Debt Package; Bending Spoons Prices Upsized Dual-Currency Deal Despite AI Concerns; Loan Supply Thins Out
Reporting: Holly BeveridgeCredit Research: Tia Zhang, Rafi Rees While deal count was thin, European primary markets were back in action this week thanks to a handful of jumbo deals in the high-yield space. This included a €6.05 billion-equivalent deal by Italian pharmaceutical group...
Published on Oct 30, 2026
Americas Leveraged Finance Weekly: Primary Market Spooked as Issuance Slows Ahead of Midterms Next Week
Reporting: Caroline Hagood Relevant Item:Primary Tracker Market Overview The primary market was haunted by a host of uncertainties in the final week of October, as leveraged loan and high-yield bond issuance slowed amid a cautious macro backdrop. The quieter calendar of less than a dozen loans...
Published on Oct 30, 2026
Volatility Comes for AI Credits
With the headlines vacillating between CoreWeave’s credit woes and Anthropic’s planned blockbuster IPO, it’s worth taking stock of just how much has happened in the space. Two years ago, “AI Infrastructure” was not really a credit sector outside of hyperscalers and a literal handful of...
Published on Oct 29, 2026