M&A Deal Summary

KBRA Acquires Direct Lending Deals

On September 13, 2022, KBRA acquired information services company Direct Lending Deals

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KBRA’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is KBRA’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is KBRA’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-09-13
Target Direct Lending Deals
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) KBRA
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Direct Lending Deals

Chicago, Illinois, United States
DLD focuses on private equity-driven financing in the lower and middle markets, as well as private jumbo loans sized at $1 billion or more. DLD taps long-term relationships across the market’s key investors and originators to deliver insightful analysis across structures, fundraising, business development companies (BDC), and people shaping the market.

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Buyer

KBRA

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 2010
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

KBRA provides credit ratings across a variety of CFG sectors and Structured Finance. The former includes Corporates, Financial Institutions, Funds, Insurance, Project and Infrastructure, Public Finance, and Sovereigns. Structured Finance offerings include all major sectors, including ABS, CMBS, RMBS, and Structured Credit. In addition to ratings, the firm provides insightful credit information and data through its KBRA Analytics Service. KBRA was founded in 2010 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2022) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-14 AXES

Anaheim, California, United States

AXES is a fully-automated framework that captures and standardizes corporate financial data from SEC filings and other published reports. AXES is based in Anaheim, California.

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