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Behind the Buyouts: Churchill’s Philpott on Private Credit Boom
New York, April 23rd, 2024 – Churchill managing director Anne Philpott discusses the firm’s direct lending and PE strategies and expectations for M&A in 2024.
Churchill’s Schwimmer on the state of private and public credit markets
New York, March 7th, 2024 – Randy Schwimmer, Vice Chairman and Co-Head of Senior Lending at Churchill Asset Management, joins Bloomberg Radio to discuss his views on the private vs. public battle for private equity transactions, interest rates, and regulation of the private markets.
Ken Kencel on the growth of private credit
New York, January 8, 2024 – Churchill Asset Management CEO Ken Kencel joins Bloomberg Television’s ‘The Close’ to discuss his 2024 outlook and the state of private capital.
Churchill’s CEO Ken Kencel: It’s a good time to be a direct lender
New York, December 27, 2023 – Churchill Asset Management CEO Ken Kencel joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss his market expectations in 2024, what investors need to know, and more.
Churchill’s Schwimmer: Investor demand drives private credit boom
New York, November 28, 2023 – Randy Schwimmer, co-head of senior lending at Churchill Asset Management, joins Bloomberg Radio to discuss the private credit boom.
Churchill’s Kencel Says Private Credit in ‘Golden Age’
Greenwich, October 3, 2023 – Churchill Asset Management President and CEO Ken Kencel discusses the impact of higher interest rates on private credit deals on “Bloomberg Markets: The Close.”
Ken Kencel Shares Insights on the Evolving Global Private Credit Landscape
New York, June 27, 2023 – Churchill’s President & CEO Ken Kencel joined Romaine Bostick on Bloomberg TV for a long-form discussion about the global private credit landscape today…
Ken Kencel on iCapital’s Beyond 60/40
New York, June 26, 2023 – iCapital Chief Investment Strategist Anastasia Amoroso discusses the private credit markets with Churchill Asset Management President and CEO Ken Kencel…
Ken Kencel on Best of Times for Private Credit
New York, June 23, 2023 – Churchill’s President & CEO Ken Kencel joined Carol Massar and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Businessweek for an in-depth discussion about the private credit landscape and drivers behind the industry’s exponential growth over the last decade…
Randy Schwimmer on What Cracks the Debt Ceiling Deadlock
New York, May 9, 2023 – Randy Schwimmer, Co-Head of Senior Lending at Churchill Asset Management, joined the Bloomberg Markets Americas segment hosted by Alix Steel and Guy Johnson to discuss the potential implications of factors such as the potential end of rate hikes, bank failures, and recession fears on the private credit outlook…
Randy Schwimmer on Private Credit, Lending, and the Credit Crunch
New York, May 9, 2023 – Randy Schwimmer, Co-head of Senior Lending at Churchill Asset Management, discusses private credit, lending, and the credit crunch with Paul Sweeney and Kriti Gupta on Bloomberg’s The Tape…
Ken Kencel on Private Credit, Investing Focus, Banks
New York, May 2, 2023 – Churchill Asset Management’s President & CEO Ken Kencel discusses the banking crisis and the increasingly important role of private capital in middle market dealmaking with Bloomberg’s Romaine Bostick from the sidelines of the 2023 Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California…
Randy Schwimmer on Diversify Beyond Traditional Asset Classes with Private Credit
New York, April 21, 2023 – Randy Schwimmer, Co-Head of Senior Lending from Churchill Asset Management, joins APB to discuss the use of private credit in portfolio diversification, trends in investor appetite, and where future demand will emerge from…
Randy Schwimmer on the Private Debt landscape in Asia-Pacific
New York, April 5, 2023 – Randy Schwimmer, Co-Head of Senior Lending at Churchill Asset Management, on private debt markets. He spoke with hosts Doug Krizner and Paul Allen on “Bloomberg Daybreak Asia.”…
Ken Kencel on the Rise of Private Capital
New York, March 31, 2023 – Churchill’s President & CEO Ken Kencel joined Bloomberg’s Masters in Business podcast to discuss the pivotal moments in his personal life and career that led him where he is today, his firsthand experience in the evolution of private capital as well as the future of the industry…
Randy Schwimmer on The Hot Start to 2023 for Private Credit
New York, March 5, 2023 – Randy Schwimmer, Co-head of Senior Lending at Churchill Asset Management, discusses the economic outlook, the M&A environment, and the private debt opportunity today…
The Top Quartile: In Conversation with Chris Freeze
New York, March 4, 2023 – In this edition of The Top Quartile: In Conversation, Andrés Ramos, content specialist at Nasdaq Private Fund Solutions, sits down with Chris Freeze, Senior Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations at Churchill Asset Management…
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Churchill’s predictions for what will shape private credit in 2023?
NEW YORK, Feb 2, 2023 – As markets are upended by the resurgence of inflation and interest rates, credit managers will face a range of issues in the year ahead, say Churchill Asset Management’s Randy Schwimmer and Jessica Nels…
Churchill’s Jason Strife talks private lending trends
NEW YORK, Jan 25, 2023 – “Over the last decade, we have funded over $5 billion in nearly 200 junior capital transactions, focusing on non-cyclical, performing businesses backed by leading private equity firms,” says Jason Strife, senior managing director, head of junior capital and private equity solutions at Churchill Asset Management…
Insurance Investment Panel: 2023 Could Be A Volatile Year
NEW YORK, Jan 19, 2023 – Ken Kencel, president and CEO, Churchill Asset Management, said his biggest concern is around the timing of a recession. “The duration of a recession is almost as important as whether it occurs in the first place,” Kencel said…
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Churchill Serves as Sole Lead Arranger for a First Lien Credit Facility to Support Wynnchurch Capital’s Acquisition of Handgards
New York, April 19, 2024 – Churchill Asset Management (“Churchill” or the “Firm”) today announced that it served as Sole Lead Arranger for a first lien credit facility to support the acquisition of Handgards (the “Company”) by Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. (“Wynnchurch”).
Churchill’s Randy Schwimmer Named 2023 “Thought Leader of the Year” by the Alliance of Mergers & Acquisitions Advisors (AM&AA)
New York, NY, February 7, 2024 – Churchill Asset Management LLC, an investment specialist of Nuveen that provides customized financing solutions to U.S middle market-focused private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, announced today that Randy Schwimmer, Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Senior Lending, has been named the 2023 “Thought Leader of the Year” by the Alliance of Mergers & Acquisitions Advisors (AM&AA)…
Churchill Asset Management Completes $400 Million Middle Market CLO Offering
New York, January 25, 2024 – Churchill Asset Management LLC, an investment specialist of Nuveen that provides customized financing solutions to U.S middle market-focused private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, today announced the closing of a $400 million middle market collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”), Churchill MMSLF CLO III, on January 24, 2024…