“We typically invest as a significant limited partner and often serve as an advisory board member.”
Investment Criteria
Company Size (EBITDA)
Average Fund Commitment
Average Equity Co-investment
$10 mm - $100 mm
$30 mm - $75 mm
$10 mm - $100 mm
Disciplined Investment Focus:
We take a differentiated approach to sponsor relationships, specifically targeting those that seek value added partners and support for portfolio company financing needs. We employ a deliberate process to evaluate and underwrite fund investments, typically spanning three to eight weeks.
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Initial vetting & structuring
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Early assessment
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Full due diligence
Recent Equity Solution Transactions
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Choice Financial
Choice Financial
Investor
- Equity
- Structured Capital
Northlane Capital Partners
May 2023
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News & Press
Chief Investment Officer – The Fuel
NEW YORK, June, 2015 – Middle-market companies demand debt capital. With traditional lenders departing the space, a few select groups have ramped up their involvement – including the recently combined forces of TIAA- CREF and Churchill Asset Management. To discuss market dynamics and company culture, CIO Editor- in- Chief Kip McDaniel recently sat with Ken Kencel (President & CEO, Churchill), Randy Schwimmer (Head of Origination & Capital Market, Churchill), Brian Roelke (Head of Corporate Finance Originations, TIAA- CREF), and Shai Vichness (Head of Senior Leveraged Lending, TIAA- CREF).
Credit Due – Who Wants to Make Revolvers?
NEW YORK, June 11, 2015 – It’s been called the most mispriced security on Wall Street. It’s also the least-known casualty of bank regulatory reform. Welcome to the revolving credit facility.TIAA- CREF).
Credit Due – Cash Flow or Cash Faux?
NEW YORK, May 7, 2015 – Leveraged lending guidelines have set six times total leverage as the limit above which a loan would likely be criticised by examiners. Less noted by the media, but of growing interest to market players, are the components of leverage metrics: specifically, how the numerator (debt) and the denominator (earnings) are being massaged to put the best face on increasingly leveraged transactions.