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Software company Calero received a $350 million private credit loan to refinance its existing debt, according to market sources. Comvest is leading the refinancing, sources said. Pricing on the loan is S+650. The senior facility consists of a $325 million term loan and a $25 million revolver. The company is backed by Oak Hill Capital. Sources indicated that the deal was harder to get done than it would have been in the past because many private credit lenders have pulled back from the software s

CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 28, 2026--Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that Chris McMillan has joined as a Managing Director in its FinTech Group. Based in Charlotte, Mr. McMillan will focus on the digital assets sector.

M&A bankers and corporate advisers are suddenly back in the spotlight, with UK-focused deal activity projected at about $133b in 2026 and fees for takeover work already running into the billions. That kind of transaction surge can reshape earnings power for select listed firms, while leaving others on the sidelines. This article walks through three stocks from our investment banks and M&A advisory screener that appear closely tied to this deal wave. The stocks highlighted below are only a...

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after investors kept pricing in higher borrowing costs from the Federal Reserve’s recent rate hike and the lasting pressure that tighter policy puts on private-market dealmaking and exits. According to Morningstar, elevated policy rates create headwinds for private equity firms by lifting floating-rate interest expense and worsening exit bottlenecks. More expensive leverage can slow deal activity and make portfolio-company sales harder to complete

NEW YORK, September 22, 2026--Prabha Sipi Bhandari has joined Houlihan Lokey as its new Chief Legal Officer.

NEW YORK, September 17, 2026--Houlihan Lokey has opened an office in West Palm Beach, Florida, expanding its market coverage and breadth of services in South Florida.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) has hired Emil Fajersson as Managing Director to lead GP-led secondaries advisory in North America. Fajersson joins the Capital Solutions Group as part of the firm's build-out of its Equity Capital Solutions platform. The new role focuses on GP-led transactions within private equity secondaries, a segment drawing increased attention across private capital markets. The expansion of Houlihan Lokey's Equity Capital Solutions platform through Fajersson's appointment is...

Grant Faint/Getty Images Investors expect that PE direct investments and co-investments will overtake traditional fund investing as the largest capital source within five years, according to a survey that exposes the shifting dynamics in LP-GP relations. Investment bank Houlihan Lokey’s LP Compass, its first survey of the combined co-investment and directs market, polled 56 of the market’s most active buyers. Some 78% expect combined volumes to set a record in 2026, beating the $215 billion the

Defaults and markdowns among private credit borrowers are rising, driven by stress among the smallest borrowers, according to an analysis by investment bank Houlihan Lokey. As of Q2, roughly 12% of borrowers with less than $20 million in EBITDA saw their loans marked below 90 cents on the dollar, up from 1% in 2023, according to the Sept. 10 report. Among borrowers with $20 million to $100 million in EBITDA, 6% of loans were marked below 90 cents; for larger borrowers, just 3% were marked below

NEW YORK, September 15, 2026--Emil Fajersson has joined Houlihan Lokey's Equity Capital Solutions team to help lead GP-led secondaries advisory in North America.

LOS ANGELES, September 10, 2026--Houlihan Lokey announces its latest insights and analysis for the second quarter of 2026 from the Private Credit DataBank

SÃO PAULO, September 08, 2026--Mayra Fregonesi has joined Houlihan Lokey in São Paulo as a Managing Director to lead the firm's coverage efforts in Latin America.

PARIS, September 02, 2026--Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, today announced that Jean-Baptiste Didier has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Financial Sponsors Group, based in Paris.

Houlihan Lokey has gotten torched over the last six months - since February 2026, its stock price has dropped 22.2% to $129.10 per share. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.

Not all profitable companies are built to last - some rely on outdated models or unsustainable advantages. Just because a business is in the green today doesn’t mean it will thrive tomorrow.

Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street. Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.

Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q2 behind us, let’s have a look at Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) and its peers.