"It's a great purchase for Carlyle," says Fifth Street Finance's CEO Leonard Tannenbaum regarding the private equity firm's secondary buyout of commercial finance company Churchill Financial LLC for an undisclosed amount on Friday, November 18, giving a partial exit to majority owner Olympus Partners. Tannenbaum goes on to describe the ways in which the entrance of brand-name LBO shops like TPG Capital and The Carlyle Group in the sector will end up benefiting other BDCs like Fifth Street. - George White
Goldman, Sachs & Co. veteran Tracy Caliendo will join Bank of America Merrill Lynch in September as a managing director and head of Americas equity hedge fund services. For other updates launch today's Movers & shakers slideshow.