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S15EP3: Apollo to Raise $10 Billion Using Savvy Structured Finance Techniques; The Fall of Tricolor Holdings and First Brand - Explained; and UK to Rescue Jaguar Land Rover with £1.5bn Loan Guarantee


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Welcome back to Season 15 of The Firm Analyst🎙 ! In this episode, we discussed:


💰 Apollo’s $10bn raise — using structured-finance techniques to tap insurers with debt backed by its credit fund stakes, spanning direct lending, asset financings, and investment-grade strategies.


🛞 The fall of Tricolor & First Brands — Tricolor Holdings has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation amid fraud allegations, while First Brands has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with potentially tens of billions in liabilities. We unpack the importance of representations, warranties, and covenants in financing documentation — along with the need for robust due diligence.


🏭  UK Export Finance's £1.5bn loan guarantee for Jaguar Land Rover — a government-backed rescue following a cyberattack that halted production and threatened its vast supply chain, designed to stabilise liquidity and protect jobs.


Full breakdown here 👉 https://linktr.ee/thefirmanalyst

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The Firm AnalystBy Adnan Shafi